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By Robert Damron

Clifton Forge and Alleghany
County voters will go to the polls
Tuesday and vote in the general
election highlighted by the Sixth
Congressional District race
involving four candidates.

There are 2,665 qualified voters in
Clifton Forge and approximately
5,775 in Alleghany County.

Running in the Sixth
Congressional race are incumbent
Caldwell Butler, a Republican;
Paul Puckett, Democratic Party
nominee; Warren D. Saunders,
American Party candidate, and
Timothy A. McGay, an
independent.

Amendment

Besides the congressional race,
voters will vote on an amendment
to State Constitution to allow grants
to or on behalf of students
attending nonprofit institutions of
higher education and to empower
the General Assembly to permit the
state or any political subdivision
thereof to contract with nonprofit
institutions of higher education for
the provision of educational or
other related services.

Also, in Clifton Forge there will
be a special election for the
unexpired term of the Clerk of
Circuit Court in Clifton Forge,
which expires Dec. 31, 1979. Mrs.
Kathleen C. Miller, now holding the
office, is running unopposed.

The voting precincts in Clifton
Forge are Ward I, Hotel
Williamson; Ward II, Masonic Hall,
and Ward III, YMCA.

Machines

There are voting machines in the
city.

Precinct workers serving at Ward
No. 1 are Clyde M. Glover, James
E. White Sr., L. G. Chappell, Mrs.
Doris T. Goode, Mrs. William C.
Colvin and G. L. Carr.

Ward II— J. G. Staley, T. Leroy
Reynolds, Mrs. Grant Burnside and
Mrs. R. S. Coleman Jr.

Ward III — W. P. Ware Jr., Cecil
E. Carter, Mrs. John Wilcher, and
Mrs. H. E. Nelson.

Alleghany County

Also in Alleghany County, Don F.
Gross and Jasper B. Persinger Jr.,
whose three year terms expired on
the Board of Directors of the
Mountain Soil and Conservation
District, are seeking re-election to

another three year term.

The district embraces Alleghany,
Bath and Highland Counties.

There are nine voting precincts in
the county:

Callaghan— Callaghan
Elementary School; Arritt’s---
Boiling Spring Volunteer Fire
Department building; Dameron—

TO SPEAK-The Rev. K. L.

Clay comb, Tallahassee,
Fla., will be conducting
revival services next week
at the First Assembly of
God, Oak Hill Ave., nightly
at 7 o’clock. The Rev.
Clay comb has been in the
ministery over 25 years. He
is pastor of churches in
Missouri, Kansas, South
Carolina and Florida. He
has served as a district
officer and evangelist. He is
the author of the book
“Studies Concerning the
Holy Spirit,” from which he
will lecture in morning Bible
studies at 10 o’clock
Monday, Wednesday and
Friday.

Tuesday

Dunlap Ruritan Club building;
Dolly Ann— Snead Buick-Pontiac
garage showroom, and Griffith-
Falling Spring Volunteer Fire
Department building; Intervale-
Dr. James Burr’s office building;
Iron Gate— Iron Gate Town Hall;
Low Moor— Central Elementary
School, and Peter’s Switch-Sharon
Volunteer Fire Department building.

Serving the Callaghan precinct
are Mrs. Harry Vail, Mrs. Jack
Fridley, Mrs. Randolph Ervine,
Mrs. Woodrow O’Conner; Arritt’s,
Teddy Humphries, Herman
Humphries, Mrs. Pat Price,
Beatrice Lockhart, and Mrs. Robert
L. Evans; Dameron, Mrs. Harold
Carter, Clara Dameron, Lucille
Bowyer, Mrs. Haskell Porterfield,
and Dolly Ann, Mrs. Lewis
Dulaney, Mrs. Robert Quate, Floyd
Gibson, Margaret Sale, and Harry
Jaeger.

Also, Griffith, Mrs. J. J. Robbins,
Virginia Surber, Robert B. Tyree,
Mrs. James R. Kellison, and Mrs.
John ^Mitchell; Intervale, Virginia
Burr, Mrs. Ray Plasters Sr., Mrs.
Marvin Livesay, Mrs. Shirley
Riley; Iron Gate, Mrs. E. E.
Larman, Iris Burger, C. S. Lucado,
Louise Scruggs and Mrs. I. I.
Housman; Low Moor, Mrs. L. H.
Saville, Mr. or Mrs. Harry Bennett,
Charlotte Stull, T. R. Lawler, and
Marie Arritt; and Peters’ Switch,
Robert McDowell, Frances Nicely,
Mrs. Raymond Haymaker, Betty
Curtis, and Mildred Helmintoler.

Secretary

Mrs. Leonard J. Rose Sr. is
secretary of the board.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gregory, Clifton
Forge registrar, reminded about
the new requirement under the
Constitution and Code of Virginia
effective for the first time at the
end of this year.

It pertains to the cancellation of
the registration of any voter who
has not voted at least once during
four consecutive calendar years.

Specifically, Mrs. John Mahan,
secretary of the State Board of
Elections, said that Section 24.L59
of the Code of Virginia requires the
general registrars, as of Dec. 31,
1974, and annual thereafter to purge
the name of any voter of the
Commonwealth who has not voted
at least once during four
consecutive calendar years from
the registration.

Four-way race
spurs turnout
at Cave Spring

By 0ZZ1E OSBORNE
Political Writer

Despite early morning rain,
voter turnout in the Roanoke
Valley ranged from fair to
heavy today— a turnout that
immediately brought a victory
prediction from the third party
candidate in the 6th District
congressional race.

In Roanoke City, 5,124 per-
sons had voted by 10 a.m.,
causing Andrew Thompson,
secretary of the Roanoke City
Electoral Board, to estimte
the final city vote at about
17,500— or 45 per cent of the
registered voters.

As usual, voting in South
Roanoke— where live Rep.
Caldwell Butler, the Republi-
can candidate, and Paul Puck-
ett, his Democratic
opponent— was heavy. Voting
was also quite heavy in most
of the Williamson Road area,
where Republicans usually
run well.

Heavy voting was reported
in several precincts in Salem,
too.

But it was the Cave Spring
area of the county where the
voting was heaviest — obvious-
ly a reflection of the interest
in the four-way supervisor
race there.

• May Johnson, Democrat,
and Arthur Whittaker, Repub-
lican, are believed to be the
strongest candidates there.
Others in the race are Posey
Oyler and Thomas Beasley,
independents.

About 20 per cent of the reg-
istered voters in the five Cave
Spring precincts had voted by
midmoming and all the voting
places reported heavy voting.

Warren Saunders, the Amer-
ican party candidate who has
put on the liveliest campaign
of the four congressional can-
didates, was buoyed by the
early morning turnout. So was
his campaign manager,
George Melton.

Melton said the Saunders
strategy was to split the But-
ler-Puckett vote in metro ar-
eas like Roanoke and
Waynesboro-Staunton - Augus-
ta County “and really roll ’em
up in the boondocks.

Cave Spring vote heavier
than expected- Page 11.

Other photos on the election
are on Pages 11 and 15.

Doing well in the Roanoke
vaiiey would fit in witn ms .
strategy since the valley has
more than 40 per of the dis-
trict’s registered voters.

The fourth congressional
campaign, Timothy McGay of
Augusta County, is believed to
have practically no support in
the Roanoke Valley as hq
brought his soft-sell, low-key
campaign here only briefly.

The valley turnout appeared
to surprise nearly everybody

today— including Thompson.

He noted that by 10 a.m. the
city vote was 71 per cent of
what it was in the May 7 coun-
cilmanic election.

Thompson said he couldn’t
figure out if the turnout was
being caused by the congres-
sional election, the Sunday
closing question on the ballot
or the aid to students attend-
ing private colleges question
on it.

Elsewhere in the state, the
vote ran from practically no-
nexistent in Richmond to
heavy in Northern Virginia. It
is in the latter area that the
Democrats hope to pick up,
one, and perhaps two, congres-
sional seats.

Voting also was heavy in the
Waynesboro-Staunton - Augus-
ta County area, mainly be-
cause a state senator and a
Pouse of Delegates member
are being chosen there.

No reports were available
from the far Southwest Virgin-
ia 9th District, where the
state’s hottest campaign is ,
going on between Democrat ]
Charles Home and Republican <
Rep. William Wampler. l

By OZZIE OSBORNE
Political Writer

A relatively light turnout is
expected tomorrow when 6th
District voters pick a con-
gressman from a four-man
field that has made the ailing
economy the campaign’s No. 1
issue.

There are predictions that
the vote will fall below 100,000.
The district has 201,781 .regis-
tered voters, with more than
40 per cent living in the Roa-
‘ noke Valley.

In addition, voters in the 6th
will help decide on a constitu-
tional amendment that would
allow the state to give grants
to Virginia students attending

private colleges in Virginia.
Now such students may only
get loans.

And voters in several coun-
ties and cities, including those
in the Roanoke Valley, will
decide whether they want to
keep— or opt out from under—
the state’s controversial Sun-
day closing legislation, popu-
larly known as the Blue Laws.

Of strictly local insterest is
a four-way race for Cave
Spring supervisor and a $14.8
million sewage and water
bond issue referendum in Roa-
noke County.

In the race for the Cave

voters

Spring seat on the Roanoke
County Board of Supervisors
are Arthur Whittaker, Repub-
lican, Mrs. May Johnson,
Democrat, and Posey Oyler
and Thomas Beasley, inde-
pendents.

The special election will de-
cide who’s to fill out the term
of the late J. Thomas Engleby
III.

Polls in the Roanoke Valley,
as throughout Virginia, will be
open tomorrow from 6 a.m. to
7 p.m.

Even though the, congres-
sional race has candidates
spanning the political spec-
trum, the race has stirred lit-
tle voter interest, with the
candidates themselves saying
that apathy is widespread.

The candidates are:

Rep. M. Caldwell Butler,
49-year-old Roanoke lawyer
who was elected to two terms
in 1972— a full two-yeax term
and a short term that resulted
when Richard H. Poff left of-
fice before his full term was
out.

Timothy McGay, indepen-
dent running for public office
for the first time.- The 29-year-
old McGay raises beef cattle
on a farm in Marble Valley in
Augusta County.

Paul J. Puckett, 56, who is
Roanoke City sheriff. Puckett,
a former member of Roanoke
City Council, has long been
active in Democratic party
politics.

Warren D. Saunders,
35-year*old Bedford business-
man. Saunders, another new-
comer to politics, is the
candidate of the American
party.

Butler claims he has kept
true to his campaign promises
of two years ago and his rec-
ord deserves a return trip to
Washington; Puckett blames
Butler and the Republicans in
general for the bad shape the
economy is in; McGay says he
is the only candidate truly in-
dependent and free of associa-
tion with special interests;
and Saunders blames both the
Democrats and Republicans
for the out-of-balance federal
budget and says there’s not a
dime's worth of difference be-
tw T een either.

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N. Virginia
Vote Heavy

By The Associated Press
The voter turnout ran from
practically nonexistent in Rich-
mond to heavier than usual in
Northern Virginia this morning
as Virginians voted in the first
general election since the Wa-
tergate coverup exposure, the
Nixon resignation and pardon
and runaway inflation exploded
on the national scene.

Some 1.2 million registered
voters in the state were expected
to remain away fom the polls,
which would put balloting in the
off-year election at about
800,000, far less than the 1 mil-
lion-plus in last year’s guberna-
torial race.

A spokeswoman for the Rich-
mond registrar’s office said only
125 persons had voted in the
city’s largest precinct by mid-
morning. The state capital was
one of the areas where voter
apathy was predicted to be great
because of a shoo-in con-

in MtVU »OTW*

GOP leaders tempered their
optimism with caution, saying
they were “taking nothing for
granted” but expected all seven
Republican congressmen to win
re-election.

The fall campaign, which
reached a blistering pace in
some districts, focused mainly
on Democrat attacks against
Republican economic policies
and GOP counter claims that
liberal Democrats, not con-
servative Republicans, over-
spent the nation into a recession.

Sharing the ballot with the
congressional elections in many
areas were a variety of mainly
local issues.

Chief among these was the
question of local repeal of the
state’s controversial Sunday
closing law. This was to be de-
cided in 31 counties and 26 cities.

Many localities chose con-
stitutional officers and members
of governing boards and voted
on proposed capital im-
provement bonds.

gressional candidate and a fed-
eral court order disallowing in-
clusion of the Sunday closing law
question on the ballot.

In contrast, the 10th District,
where there was a strong
Democratic challenge to the in-
cumbent Republican, saw an
early turnout that was normal to
heavier than normal.

In the 7th District, where there
was another strong Democratic
bid to oust an incumbent
Republican, the turnout was
reported light in Fredericksburg
and Charlottesville but heavier
than expected in Winchester.

Voters were turning out in
numbers just short of last year s
election in Waynesboro,
Staunton and Augusta County,
where greater interest was gen-
erated by special races for the
Virginia Senate and House of
Delegates.

Meanwhile, the balloting was
slow in Virginia’s rural south-
side. Only 183 votes had been
cast in Nottoway County some
four hours after the polls opened.

In Petersburg, the turnout
ranged from slow in the inner
city to good in the suburbs. The
turnout was steady in nearby
Colonial Heights with some 800
of just over 8,000 registered
voters having cast ballots by 9
la.m.

' The voting was described as
1 (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6)

The remaining Democratic
incumbent, Rep. David E. Sat-
terfield of the Richmond-area
3rd District, faced only a token
challenge from U.S. Labor Party
candidate Alan R. Ogden.

| The only statewide issue was a
proposed constitutional >i
amendment to permit the state r
to extend direct financial aid to r
private higher education.

Voters in Martinsville and
Amherst County decided wheth-
er to allow the sale of mixed
alcoholic beverages.

The Democrats were pinning
their hopes for congressional
gains mainly in the Southwest
Virginia 9th District and in the
8th District in Northern Vir-
ginia.

Democratic optimism reached
its highest pitch in the 9th, where
Charles J. Horne, million son of
a coal miner, vigorously pressed
a massive assault against en-
trenched Republicanism in
general and GOP Rep. William
C. Wampler in particular.

A lot of oddsmaker were ex-
pecting Horne to blunt Wam-
pler’s bid for a 6th term.

The Democrats were also
counting heavily on Herbert
Harris to cut short the congres-
sional career of freshman Re-
publican Rep. Stanford E. Par-
ris in the 8th. Harris is vice
chairman of the Fairfax Board
of Supervisors.

Placed in the role of giant
killer in the adjacent 10th Dis-
trict was Democratic Joseph L.
Fisher, a longtime member of
the Arlington County Board.

He was hoping to unseat the
dean of the Virginia congres-
sional delegation, Republican
Rep. Joel T. Broyhill, seeking
his 12th term.

Not expected to figure strong-
ly in the 10th District outcome
was independent Francis J.
Speh.

Despite considerable cam-
paign help from Gov. Mills
Godwin and other top Republi-
can leaders, Republican Rep. J.
Kenneth Robinson was viewed
as a candidate for a possible
upset in the 7th District, when

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moderate to brisk in the Norfolk-
Virginia Beach-Portsmouth
area and heavier than expected
in Newport News and Hampton.

A moderate turnout was re-
ported in the Roanoke area
where the blue law and a Roan-
oke County board of supervisors’
election sparked interest.

On the eve of the election,
Democrats were claiming that
Nixon administration scandals
and Republican ineptness at
solving the nation’s economic
ills would give them at least two
of the state’s congressional seats
now held by the GOP.

And they said chances were
sufficiently good for upsets in
several other races to end the
Republicans’ 7-3 dominance of
the state’s congressional dele-
gation and tip the numerical
scales in their favor.

GOP leaders tempered their
optimism with caution, saying
they were “taking nothing for
granted’’ but expected all seven
Republican congressmen to win
re-election.

Sharing the ballot with the
congressional elections in many
areas were a variety of mainly
local issues.

Chief among these was the
question of local repeal of the
state’s controversial Sunday
closing law. This was to be de-
cided in 31 counties and 26 cities
Many localities chose con-
stitutional officers and members
of governing boards and voted
on proposed capital im-
provement bonds.

his Democratic opponent, Char-
lottesville City Councilman
George H. Gilliam, has mounted
a strong challenge.

Three-way races in the 4th and
6th Districts were expected to
boost the chances of Republican
incumbents remaining in office.

Roanoke city sherrif Paul
Puckett and independent War-
ren D. Saunders shared the dif-
ficult task of trying to unseat 6th
District Rep. M. Caldwell
Butler, who wasn’t expected
suffer much in the way of GOP
defections because of his vote as
member of the House
Judiciary Committee for Presi-
dent Nixon’s impeachment.

In the 4th District, Democrat
Lester E. Schlitz of Portsmouth
and independent Curtis W. Har-
ris of Hopewell ran the risk of
canceling each other out at the
polls, ensuring the re-election of
Republican Rep. Robert W.
Daniel.

Always a formidable vote-get-
ter, Republican Rep. G. William
Whitehurst wasn’t considered in
any real danger of losing his 2nd
District seat to Democrat
Robert R. Richards of Norfolk.

Lack of opposition assured the
re-election of Democratic Reps.
Thomas N. Downing of the 1st
District and W. C. “Dan” Daniel
in the 5th District.

The remaining Democratic
incumbent, Rep. David E. Sat-
terfield of the Richmond-area
3rd District, faced only a token
challenge from U.S. Labor Party
candidate Alan R. Ogden.

s Uzio6 Vie^iiDia

The only statewide issue was a
proposed constitutional h
amendment to permit the state r
to extend direct financial aid to r
private higher education.

Voters in Martinsville and
Amherst County decided wheth-
er to allow the sale of mixed
alcoholic beverages.

The Democrats were pinning
their hopes for congressional
gains mainly in the Southwest
Virginia 9th District and in the
8th District in Northern Vir-
ginia.

A lot of oddsmaker were ex-
pecting Horne to blunt Wam-
pler’s bid for a 6th term.

Placed in the role of giant
killer in the adjacent 10th Dis-
trict was Democratic Joseph L.
Fisher, a longtime member of
the Arlington County Board.

He was hoping to unseat the
dean of the Virginia congres-
sional delegation, Republican
Rep. Joel T. Broyhill, seeking
his 12th term.

Not expected to figure strong-
ly in the 10th District outcome
was independent Francis J.
Speh.

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Lynchburg Vote
up to noon

Below is a table comparing the vote in
Lynchburg between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. today
with the noon vote during the 1972 presidential
election and the 1970 general election.

FIRST WARD Today 1972 1970

1st Precinct 154 262 150

2nd Precinct 210 418 216

3rd Precinct 304 600 323

4th Precinct 383 758 411

5th Precinct 410 733 411

6th Precinct 525 878 465

Total 1,986 3,649 1,976

SECOND WARD

1st Precinct 168 223 137

2nd Precinct 361 715 227

3rd Precinct 116 240 120

4th Precinct 250 500 253

5th Precinct 215 324 159

6th Precinct 290 536 222

7th Precinct 340 608 284

Total 1,740 3,146 1,402

THIRD WARD

1st Precinct 180 336 155

2nd Precinct 115 218 99

3rd Precinct 159 366 193

4th Precinct 239 481 167

Total 690 1,401 614

City Total 4,416 8,196 3,992

THE DAILY ADVANCE, lynchburq. Va., Tue*., Nov. 5, 1974

Voting in city runs
higher than estimate

^ n.QH a m tnriav will decide whether or not the Sunday closing law (blue law)

The total voter turnout in Lynchburg as of 11:30 a.m. today
r as 424 ahead of the same time in the 1970 general election but
780 less than in the 1972 Presidential election.

All indications were that in spite of a light rain, the voting
)dav will run a little heavier than had been estimated

A total of 4,416 votes were reported cast up to 11:30 a.m. as
ynchburgers went to the polls to vote for their Six th District
ongressman, the Sunday blue law issue and a proposed constitu-

^Today^s total compared with a voter turnout °f S.l 9 © in the
972 Presidential election and 3,992 in the 1970 general election at

he s ^ m ® umber 0 f persons were present at the various polling
ilaces about the city handing out literature for their candidates.

The predominantly Negro Lynchburg Voters League and the
tmherst County Voters League were handing out a sample ballot
,hoS votes for Democratic candidate Paul Puckett and for
•etention of the Sunday closing law and for the proposed constitu-

;i0na onh“hre e e n wards in the city, the heaviest voting early today
*as in the First Ward where 1,986 votes had been cast by 11:30 a.m.
compared to 1,976 in the 1970 general election and 3,649 in the 1972

presidentiai election^ f 1572 votes had been cast up to

U.30 a^ toS compared to 1,402 in the 1970 race and 3,146 in the

1972 Therewere 690 votes cast up to 11:30 a.m. today in the Third
Ward S compared with 614 in the 1970 race and 1,401 in the 1972

eleC !i e A total of

.t the predominantly Negro voting precincts

- s-aacwr? a r.o«ri„d, d»es -

District con ® r ®f ® a " blican Rep M. Caldwell Butler is seeking re-

Incumbent RepubliMn Ke^ Mrs ^ have an edge QVer his

election to t p uc k e tt and American Party candidate

Eren D Saunders. Independent candidate Timothy A. McGay

a, Lynchhurgers

will decide whether or not the Sunday closing law (blue law) will
be retained here or abolished. They also are voting on a proposed
constttutiona^mendmenL ^ )aw reads; .. Shall the

provisions of Section 18.1-363.1 of the Code of Virg'n'a 'common^y
known as the Sunday Closing Law) be effective in the City of

Lynchburg?” ^ ^ ^ question is a vote to retain the present

law and a “no” vote is a vote for its repeal.

The auestion on the proposed constitutional amendment is
whether the state constitution shall be amended so as to allow
erants to or on behalf of students attending private (nonprofit
insUtutionf of higher education and to empower the Genera
Assembly to permit the state or any political subdivision thereof
to contract with those institutions for the provision of educational

° r 0t The MUs^ODened^t 6 a.m. today and will close at 7 p.m.

Mrs John M. Payne, chairman Of the Lynchburg Electora
Board said results from the city’s 17 precincts will be called in to
the Lynchburg Public Library and the final results here should b

tn<> " S.^Iv” vc^rturnou, ranged from ab.u.

in 000 to less than half of the 25,079 registered voters.

’ The number of registered voters is 206 less than the 25 285
resistered voters in the 1972 presidential and congressional elec-
Uo^and only 24 more than were registered for the councilman, c

race earlier^ this yea^ Lyncbburgers ac tually voted in the 1972
presidential election and 10,220 persons voted in this year s council

r3Ce During the 1972 election, Butler carried the city of Lynchburg
by a nearly two to one margin over his closest opponent, Roanoker

W11 %!Ss ( S^ r ^t expected to suffer any real loss of
support because of his vote as a member of ‘ he , H ° US ® Ju ^ iciary
Committee to impeach former President Richard M. Nixom

Many veteran political observers say it would be an unex-
Dected upset of major proportions if the victory went to either
DemocraUc candida e Puckett, who is sheriff of Butler’s home city
?f Roanoke or American Party candidate Saunders who ,s from
Rpdford Countv. McGay is a Goshen farmer.

Saunders actually appears on the ballot as an independent
since no provision was made for a third party candidate.

In area races, voters are voting for their congressman, the

proposed constitutional amendment and various other issues.

Amherst County voters are voting not only on the con-
gressional race, the Sunday blue law issue and the proposed
constitutional amendment but also on whether or not the sale of
liquor by the drink is to be allowed in the county.

The blue law issue also will be determined in Campbell
County today but is not on the ballot in Bedford County.

Turnout light
at city polls

Less than 20 percent of the
registered voters in Clifton Forge
had cast votes by noon today in the
city’s three voting precincts. Of the
2,665 voters, 520 had voted by noon.

In Precinct 1, the Hotel
Williamson, 290 of the registered

I, 389 voters had come in; Precinct

II, the Masonic Lodge, 145 of 789;
and Precinct 111, YMCA, 85 of 437.

During the 1972 November
election, just over 30 percent of the
registered voters had cast ballots
by noon.

On the ballot today is the
selection of a Congressman, a
constitution amendment and the
special election for the Clerk of the
Circuit Court.

In the Sixth Congressional
District race, Rep. M. Caldwell
Butler, Republican, is being
^challenged by Paul Puckett,
v Democrat; Warren D. Saunders,

" American Party; and Timothy A.
McGay, independent.

* The constitutional amendment is
yto allow grants to private
institutions of higher education.

^ The three polling places will be
>tppen until 7

Voter turnout in Virginia
so far ranges from practically
nonexistent in Richmond to but
heavier than usual in northern
Virginia. A spokesman for the
Richmond registrar’s office says
only 125 persons had voted in the
city’s largest precinct by mid-
a morning.

st Voter apathy was predicted in
le Richmond, because of a shoo-in
*s congressional candidate and a
id federal court order keeping the city
from voting on the blue law

A surprisingly large number of area
^oters defied early morning bad weather
vid experts’ predictions as voting began to
Select three men from among eight can-
didates running for state and national
offices.

Voting in Staunton was particularly
high, according to a mid-morning check of
all five city precincts, with voting in
Waynesboro and Augusta County slightly
lower.

Political experts and polls had predicted
that a very small percentage of registered
voters would turn out for this off-election
year vote, but the predictions apparently
are not holding true, for this area at least.

Running for the 6th Congressional
District seat in the House of Represen-
tatives are incumbent Republican M.
Caldwell Butler; Democratic candidate
Paul J. Puckett, Roanoke sheriff;

American Party candidate Warren D.
Saunders, a Bedford businessman, and
independent Timothy McGay.

Seeking election to the State Senate from
the 24th Senatorial District are A. R.
Giesen Jr., a former member of the House
of Delegates, and Augusta County Board of
Supervisors Chairman Frank W.Nolen Jr.,
a Democrat.

Vying for the 15th Legislative District
post in the House of Delegates are
Democrat Erwin S. Solomon, Bath County
Commonwealth’s attorney, and
Republican candidate Gordon W. Poin-
dexter Jr., a Waynesboro lawyer.

Voters were also deciding on two con-
troversial referenda, one of which will
decide the fate of the Sunday Closing Law,
the other of which will determine whether
private colleges will be able to obtain state
funds. ^ —

Staunton voters were also faced with the

uestion of retaining a five-man City
Jouncil or upping its number to seven.

A rough estimate of voting in the city
showed that 18.3 per cent of 9,182
registered voters had gone to the polls by
10:30 a.m., with election officials in-
dicating a heavier than expected turnout
Mevery station.

Representatives from the Democratic
Wm Republican parties were on hand at
each precinct to try to persuade those
voters who may have not decided on their
choices until the last moment. Party
workers were also transporting persons
without cars to precincts throughout the
city.

Here is a brief rundown of voting in the
city:

Douglas L. Fisher was the first to vote at

Bessie Weller Elementary School where
12.8 per cent or 280 of 2,178 Ward I voters
had come to the polls by 9:50 a.m.;

In Ward II, 20.7 per cent of the 2,226
voters registered had voted by 10:30 a.m.
The total was 461 with Margaret A. Kelly
the first voter at Shelburne Junior High
School;

At Robert E. Lee High School (Ward
III), a little more than 20 per cent of 1,673
voters had voted, a total of 336. Donald L.
Hall was listed as the first voter;

Henry B. Meador voted first at John
Lewis Junior High School voting station in
Ward IV. Three hundred and sixty-six out
of 1,628 registered voters had come to the
polls by 10:15 a.m. for 21.8 per cent;

In Ward V, 15.1 per cent of 1,477 voters
had passed through Northside Elementary
School by 10:10 a.m, a total of 242 persons.
Dr. S. S. Loewner was the first voter.

Typical of the comments heard at

precincts in the city was that of a voting
official in Ward V, who said he was
“pleasantly surprised by the turnout”. At
Ward I, L. T. Buchanan, precinct chief,
said the number of persons voting was
significantly larger than in past off-
election years.

In Waynesboro, the percentage was
lower. Thirteen and three-tenth’s per cent
of the 7,173 registered had voted by 10:30
a.m., a total of 935.

A spot check of Augusta County’s seven
districts showed heavy voting in some
areas with average turnouts in others.

Lenore Wine, an official at the Fisher-
sville voting station in Wayne District,
said that weather was not keeping voters
away from her station. “We’ve already
had 217 show up here this morning,” she
said.

At Riverheads High School in
Riverheads District, there was an even

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flow of voters all morning, according to
election officials. “I can’t see where we’re
lagging behind,” Mrs. Thelma Eavers, an
election official, said. “It compares well
with other years.”

At Sandy Hollow in Beverley Manor
District the voting was described as pretty
good to average with a turnout of 117 by
mid-morning.

At Fort Defiance 'in Middle River
District, the voting was said to be “above
average” with 169 voting.

In Pastures District, a voting official
said he was expecting more than 60 per
cent to show up at the Fort Defiance
precinct.

At Stuarts Draft in South River District
there was a “good turnout”, a voting of-
ficial said. Three hundred persons had
voted.

Precincts are scheduled to stay open
until 7 p.m.

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Early Balloting Heavy

Area Voter Response Surprising

Area voters streaming to the
polls this morning in an almost
steady turnout surprised elec-
tion officials who had been
predicting a light response from
a supposedly apathetic elec-
torate.

Election officials in
Waynesboro, Staunton and
Augusta County, along with poll
watchers from both major
political parties, expressed
delight with the early turnout of
voters. Many were predicting by
mid-morning that the early
response indicated a moderate
to heavy ballot count for an off-
year election.

Observers suggested that the
two special elections to fill
vacant legislative seats may be
responsible for swelling the
crowd of voters in this area.

But in neighboring Nelson
County, where there are no
special elections, the turn-out
was described as “excellent,
compared to what had been
expected.”

Here in Waynesboro, 1,349
voters had cast a ballot by mid-
morning. This compares with a
mid-morning turnout of 1,432
voters in last year’s guber-

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election party will begin at 7
tonight.

Voting results may also be
obtained by telephoning 942-
8213.

natorial election; 1,870 for the
1972 presidential election; and
1,069 in the 1971 election of a
lieutenant governor and state
senator.

In Staunton, election officials
reported that more than 10 per
cent of the city’s 9,182 registered
voters had gone to the polls by 10
a.m. They were both surprised
and elated with the turnout.

Augusta County election of-
ficials expressed both surprise
and satisfaction with an early-
morning turnout that was
described as “right heavy.”

A mid-morning survey of

Waynesboro’s four polling, _
places showed:

129 ballots cast in Ward I,
described by election officials as
a “good” response.

438 ballots cast in Ward II,
described as “very, very good,
no let-up.”

352 ballots cast in Ward III,
which an election official said
wa!s “good . . . more than we
expected.”

430 ballots cast in Ward IV,
described as “moderate but
steady; with voters coming
faster after the rain stopped.”

Waynesboro’s first voters
were Christine W. Shifflett in

Ward I, Louis Spilman in Ward

II, Vivian Z. Beverage in Ward

III, and J. G. Sylvia in Ward IV.

The early-morning turnout at

all five of Staunton’s polling
places was termed either good
or very good, with election of-
ficials at all wards expressing
surprise at the number of ballots
cast in the first hours after the
polls opened at 6 a.m.

The city’s northside third and
fourth wards reported 198 and
237 ballots cast, respectively,
before 9 a.m., with 168 ballots
cast in the mid-town fifth, 366 in
the westside second, and 294 on
the southside first ward.

A sampling of Augusta County
precincts showed comparable
results, with 137 ballots cast at
New Hope by 9 a.m., 203 at
Fishersville, 279 at Stuarts
Draft, and 170 at Verona.

Voters in this area will select
their representative in Congress

from among four contestants —

Incumbent Republican M.
Caldwell Butler, Democrat Paul
Puckett, American Party
candidate Warren D. Saunders,
and independent Timothy A.
McGay.

And, in special elections, area
voters will chose between two
candidates for a seat in the State
Senate and two others for a seat
in the Virginia House of
Delegates.

Former House Minority
Leader Arthur R. Giesen Jr. is in
a tight race with Democrat
Frank W. Nolen for the Senate
seat vacated by the resignation
of former senator H. Dunlop
Dawbarn.

And Democrat Erwin S.
Solomon and Republican Gordon
W. Poindexter Jr. are the con-
testants for the House seat
vacated by Mr. Giesen.

Democrats backing Nolen and
Solomon have scheduled a

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colleges.

And Waynesboro, Staunton,
and Augusta County are among
those Virginia localities deciding
today whether to opt out from
under the provisions of the
state’s Sunday closing law.

A “yes” vote on this question
indicates a desire to leave the
law as it currently stands in
effect locally. A “no” vote in-
dicates a desire to get out from
under the provisions of the law,
entirely.

Because of possible confusion
concerning the wording of this
particular question, eleqtion
officials have been directed to
instruct voters on what a yes or
no vote means.

Staunton voters have yet
another decision to make at the
polls — that of whether to in-
crease the size of the City
Council from five to seven
members, with the results to be
binding. /

# Seven GOP Congressman
Facing Political Tests

RICHMOND (AP)— Seven
Virginia Republican con-
gressmen put their political ca-
reers on the line today in an
election that could graphically
measure voter reaction to as-
sorted Washington scandals
and a plummeting economy.

One reaction may be public
indifference, with only about
800,000, or about 40 per cent, of
the state’s more than 2 million
voters expected to cast ballots
between the hours of 6 a.m.
and 7 p.m.

But of more concern to the
Republican incumbents is the
possibility that a majority of
the voters might turn to Demo-
crats for restoring integrity in
government and combatting
rampant inflation.

State Democratic leaders
predict that enough Virginians
will be in a mood to “throw the
rascals out” to eliminate the
i GOP’s 7-3 edge in the state’s
congressional delegation.

In fact, they say, they’re
looking for enough election
victories to assure that Demo-
crats in the delegation will
once again outnumber Re-
publicans.

“I think the voters are look-
ing for fresh faces,” said State
Democratic Chairman Joseph
T. Fitzpatrick.

The GOP leadership, on the
other hand, doesn't believe
that Watergate, the resigna-
tion and subsequent pardon of
former President Nixon or
even the faltering economy are
going to significantly dim the
chances of the seven Re-
publican incumbents for re-
election.

“I’m confident that if we
can get out the vote, all our
incumbents will win,” said
State Democratic Chairman
George McMath.

Political observers are rat- „
ing as fairly safe the re-elec-
tion chances of Republican
Reps. M. Caldwell Butler in the
6th District, Robert W. Daniel
in the 4th and G. William
Whitehurst in the 2nd.

Tuesday’s weather isn’t ex-
pected to figure significantly
in how many persons make it
to the polls. The forecast calls
for partly cloudy skies, mod-
erate temperatures and only a
chance of showers.

In addition to the con-
gressional elections, voters will
be decidingg a variety of other
issues.

Local repeal of the state’s
Sunday closing law will be on
the ballot in 31 counties and 26
cities. Voters statewide will de-
termine whether to adopt a
constitutional amendment per-
mitting the state to extend
direct financial aid to private
higher education.

Numerous localities will be
voting for constitutional of-
ficers and members of local

governing bodies. Some will
determine the fate of proposed
capital improvement bonds.

In Martinsville and Amherst
County, a decision will be
reached on whether to permit
the sale of liquor by the drink.

There are even single vacan-
cies to fill in the Virginia
House and Senate in the mid-
central Shenandoah Valley
area.

Much of the Democrats’ op-
timism over the election out-
come stems from the fact that
they have nowhere to go but
up. Conversely, the Re-
publicans have nothingg nu-
merically to gain and every-
thing to lose.

Two of the state’s three
Democratic congressmen,
Reps. Thomas N. Downing of
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By MIKE IVES
Staff Writer
Election day dawned damn
and dreary in the Roanoke
valley this morning, as die-
hard voters creaked from
their beds and wended their
way through the drizzle to vote
tor the candidates of their
choice, and, not incidentally
the hurning question of Virgin-
ia’s Blue Laws.

One precinct worker at the
Beverly Heights precinct said
that despite the nasty weath-
er, voters were coming in at a

steady pace. “I think it’s the
Blue Laws that’s getting ‘em
out,” she surmised.

At Patrick Henry High
School, another worker
claimed, “It’s good voting
weather. At least it’s not not 80
degrees like it was yester-
day.”

In front of the South Salem
fire station, firemen scratched
their heads as voters ignored
the “No Parking” signs and
jammed their cars into the
parking lot, effectively block-
ing the fire engines from mak-

ing a speedy exit in case of
fire or a similar.emergency.

Behind the tire station, an
elderly volunteer sat handing
out Caldwell Butler literature
suddenly collapsed on the
damp asphalt. He struggled
gamely to his feet, however
and continued to dole out the
sample ballots. It was, he ex-
plained, “just a nervous prob-
lem.”

Inside the firehouse, a fire-
man hoped that his truck
wouldn’t have to go out on a
call “Everybody’s got their
best uniforms on today,” he
explained. “It’d be a shame to
get em dirty.”

Meanwhile, back at Patrick
Henry, several ladies had set
up a bake sale near the polling
Place. “It’s for the Band
Boosters, ’ explained one of
the saleswomen. “We’re
trying to get up enough money
to replace those shabby uni-
forms our kids have to wear.”

At Fire Station 7 on Memori-
al Avenue, business was
booming. Prospective voters
waited patiently in line for
their shot at the voting booth
while the firemen who inhabit
the station congregated out-
side, idly watching the traffic.

On Campbell Avenue, a real
estate man stopped to discuss
the convoluted wording of the
Sunday Closing referendum.

“If you’re in favor of abol-
ishing the Blue Laws, you vote
no ” he said, shaking his head.

“If you don’t want to abolish

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them, you vote yes. Does that
make any sense?”

At least one citizen was hav-
ing trouble making any sense
out of the sign in the front win-
dow of dhe ABC store on the
city market. “Closed For
Election Day,” the sign said,
but the citizen was having a
hard time believing it. He
hunched his shoulders in an old
a U.S. Army overcoat and
squinted at the sign in disbe-
lief. His plans for the day
seemed to have undergone a
violent upheaval, and he was
not at all happy.

Butler Re-elected;
Polls 45% of Vote

By BEN BEAGLE -
Times Staff Writer

Republican Rep. M. Caldwell Butler,
in an election haunted by Watergate, his
own vote for impeachment of forme! -
President Nixon and GOP disasters both
national and statewide, won easy re-elec-
tion Tuesday to the 6th District’s seat in
Congress.

Butler’s performance won him a sec-
ond term in Congress from the 6th, a dis-
■ tridt which has been Republican for
almost a quarter of a century, in a four-
way race.

. When unofficial votes from all the
district’s 234 precincts were counted
Tuesday night, Butler came away with
less than a majority but with a convincing
45.4 per cent of the votes.

Paul Puckett, Roanoke city sheriff
and the Democratic candidate, and War-
ren D. Saunders, a Bedford County busi-
nessman who ran as the American party
candidate, were very close in second
place ratings.

Puckett, who carried only two locali-
ties in the big district and lost heavily in
Roanoke and Roanoke County, had 27 per
cent of the vote.

Saunders, who ran a campaign which
started early on television and radio, had
26. 2 per cent of the vote.

The fourth man in the race, Timothy
McGay, an Augusta County farmer who
l ran as an independent with only $1,000 to
spend, counted less than 1.4 per cent for
it his efforts.

j Butler’s victory indicated that pre-
( election fears that his vote as a member
' of the House Judiciary Committee to im-
peach Nixon would estrange hard-line
I Republicans were groundless.

In Staunton-Waynesboro-Augusta
County and in the Roanoke Valley— heav-
ily Republican and densely populated an-

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When Anderson ran against Butler for
the seat vacated by longtime Republican
Richard H. Poff, the vote in Roanoke and
throughout the district had been larger.
In 1972 the total congressional vote in the
district totaled 137,650. Tuesday, the unof-
ficial total was 100,958.

The vote was certainly lighter in Roa-
noke than in the Butler-Anderson contest.

chors of the district Butler enjoyed large
majorities. He also won big in Lynch-
burg, the other urban arm of the district
to the east.

The unofficial count, with only five
precincts missing, showed Butler with
45,798 votes, Puckett with 27,230 and
Saunders with 26,476 .

Although the evidence was there that
Butler’s ; impeachment vote did not run
deeply in the voting, the congressman
himself told reporters Tuesday night he is
“reserving judgment” on the matter.

Butler said he is also not able to say
now what effect Watergate had on Repub-
lican losses nationally and in the state.

The congressman said he believes his vic-
tory was brought about by a good cam-
paign organization.

The election results found both Puck-
ett and Saunders seeing each as spoilers
of the other.

At his Bedford headquarters early in
the night as the election started to go But-
ler’s way, Saunders told reporters:

“Puckett is the one that’s messing it up.

He ought to have stayed home.”

Puckett, conceding the election later,
claimed that without Saunders in the
race, he would have gotten better than 50
per cent of the vote.

Saunders said he is going to stay ac-
tive in the American party. “We tried to
get to go right to the issues,” he said.

“People have got to stop being so gulli-
ble. I think people just failed to realize
the condition that the country is in and in
the next 12 to 18 months they’re going to ^parat-
find out.”

Puckett said the Democrats lost in Puck-
the 6th “because we didn’t shave enough
funds to take the issues to the people.” labor-

Puckett said Saunder’s campaign was ;y and

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In addition to carrying Roanoke City
and county, Butler also took the City of
Salem.

As evidence that the impeachment
vote had not alientated old-line Republi-
cans, Butler carried South Roanoke No. 2,
Puckett’s home precinct, 667 to Puckett’s
96 and Saunders’ 94.

Butler Re-elected;
Polls 45% of Vote

By BEN BEAGLE
Times Staff Writer

Republican Rep. M. Caldwell Butler
m an election haunted by Watergate, his
own vote for impeachment of former
President Nixon and GOP disasters both
national and statewide, won easy re-elec-
tion Tuesday to the 6th District’s seat in
Congress.

Butler’s performance won him a sec-
ond term in Congress from the 6th, a dis-
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“very effective and able to take votes we
normally would get. With Mr. Saunders’
votes, we would have had 54 per cent.”

Willis M. Anderson, who ran unsu-
cessfully against Butler as the Democrat-
ic candidate in 1972, commented that
“The third party candidate was the factor
this time.”

The vote was certainly lighter in Roa-
noke than in the Butler-Anderson contest.

In that one, fewer than 200 votes separat-
ed the Republican and the Democrat.

This time Butler polled 8,302 to Puck-
ett’s 6,139 and Saunders’s 3,684.

In losing, Puckett carried the labor-
rich precincts in Alleghany County and
Covington.

Saunders carried his home county of
Bedford, Bedford City and Amherst Coun-
ty.

In addition to carrying Roanoke City
and county, Butler also took the City of
Salem.

As evidence that the impeachment
vote had not alientated old-line Republi-
cans, Butler carried South Roanoke No. 2,
Puckett’s home precinct, 667 to Puckett’s
96 and Saunders’ 94.

£ STAUNTON, VA.. 24401, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,

NOVEMBER 6, 1974

Landslide victory for
Representative

U.S. Rep. M. Caldwell Butler had no fear
of retaining his seat in Congress from the
time the first ballots were counted until the
unofficial tally was completed Tuesday
night.

The Roanoke attorney and member of
the House Judiciary Committee garnered
13,515 votes in this area, or 54.2 per cent of
the votes cast. His closest opponent,
Roanoke Sheriff Paul Puckett, got 6,487
votes, or 26 per cent, and American Party
Candidate Warren Saunders of Bedford
collected 4,932 votes, or 19.8 per cent.

U.S. Rep. Butler indicated today that he
was very pleased with the support given
him in the Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro
|*ea, which was somewhat higher, per-
entage-wise, than his overall 6th District
victory margin, 46 per cent of the vote,
against Mr. Puckett’s 27.4 per cent and
Mr. Saunders’ 26.6 per cent.

Airport precinct in Rockbridge, 104-104.

Mr. Puckett was ahead at Vesuvius in
Rockbridge County and tied with Mr
Butler (86-86) at Fairfield.

Commenting from his Roanoke office
this morning, Rep. Butler said he was very
pleased to have been re-elected. “But,
having failed to win by a majority, I
recognize that there are many grievances
or disappointments in my representation
which require re-examination of my
representation in the past,” he explained.

Although expressing disappointment
with A.R. Giesen’s defeat, Rep. Butler
congratulated Frank W. Nolen and Erwin
S. Solomon for wining legislative seats. “I
look forward to working with them,” he /
added. /

REf. BUTLER

In Augusta County, 9,256 of 16,253
registered voters went to the party polls
for a 57 per cent voting record. In Staun-
ton, 60 per cent of the registered voters
turned out, and in Waynesboro, 59 per cent
of the eligible voters showed up at the
polls. Some election officials believe that
added issues of the Sunday blue law, the
constitutional amendment, and Staunton’s
decision on increasing council numbers
helped attract the unexpected number of
voters.

Independent Timothy McGay of Goshen
managed to get about 1,500 votes in his bid
for the congressional seat. He carried
Goshen precinct by one vote over Rep.
Butler.

U.S. Rep. Butler was the solid choice of
ail of the wards in Staunton and
Waynesboro, and lost only at Craigsville in
Augusta County to Mr. Puckett. The in-
cumbent congressman also out tallied his
opponents in the four wards of Lexington
and Buena Vista. Highland County
precincts gave Mr. Butler their solid
^lpport.

PMr. Saunders carried Millboro Springs
in Bath County, Glasgow in Rockbridge
County, and tied with Rep. Butler at the

Is Re-Elected

To Second Hour ^

Successfully fighting off the
challenge of three other can-
didates, Republican M. Caldwell
Butler yesterday won a second
full term in the U.S. House of
Representatives from Virginia’s
Sixth District.

His victory was slimmer (45
per cent) than that of 1972 (54
per cent), but the winner carried
14 of the 19 cities and counties in
the district to nail down his
victory. The American Party’s
Warren Saunders carried four,
primarily around his home area
of Bedford, giving Democrat
Paul Puckett a close race. Mr.
Puckett carried Alleghany
County.

Mr. Butler swept Waynesboro,
Staunton and Augusta County.
He won in all four Waynesboro
all five of those in
^^^Bton, and 20 of 21 of the
^^mty precincts. Mr. Puckett
carried Craigsville in the
county.

In Waynesboro, Mr. Butler
drew 2,484 votes for about 61 per
cent, up from his 60 per cent in

1972. He took just over 51 per
cent (4,529 votes) in Augusta,
down from his 66 per cent in
1972; and 2,903 votes in Staunton
for 55 per cent of the vote, down
from 67 per cent in the last
election.

Mr. Puckett, who ran second
in all three jurisdictions, got 937
votes (23 per cent) in
Waynesboro, 2,427 ( 28 per cent)
in the county and 1,459 (28 per
cent) in Staunton.

Mr. Saunders garnered 564
votes (14 per cent) in
Waynesboro, 1,544 (17 per cent)
in the county and 760 (14 per
cent) in Staunton.

Independent Timothy McGay
got 80 votes (2 per cent) in
Waynesboro, 327 (4 per cent) in
Augusta and 142 (3 per cent) in
Staunton.

In a statement to The News-
Virginian today, Mr. Butler said
he is “grateful to be re-elected,”
and is particularly pleased with
the fine support he received in
Waynesboro, Staunton and
Augusta County.

M. Caldwell Butler

He said he is disappointed that
A. R. Giesen Jr. (GOP candidate
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BWLER

(Continued from Page 1)

for the StaU Senate) and Gordon
W. Poindexter Jr. (Republican
candidate for the House of
Delegates) were not elected.

Mr. Butler congratulated
successful Democratic can-
didates Frank W. Nolen (State
Senate) and E. S. Solomon
(House of Delegates) and
assured them “that we will have
no difficulty in working
together.” He also
congratulated his opponents on
their “effective campaigns.”

Mr. Butler said he expects to
maintain an office in this area
and has no plans to change the
Waynesboro location of the
office.

“Having won by less than a
majority.” Mr. Butler said, "I
think I have a particular
responsibility to re-examine my
representation and be sure that
I’m meeting the needs of all my
constituents. I expect to do this.”

In conclusion, he said, “I am
proud of my good constituents in
the area I represent and I’m
looking forward to the next
term.”

Mr. Puckett said he thinks that

Mr. Saunders conducted “a very
effective campaign and I think
he took my votes. I probably
should have suspected this.”
Mr. Puckett had only the
highest praise and thanks “for
the so many people who did so
much for me. It is hard to know
how to say what I want to say to
these nice people.”

Mr. Saunders said he was
“somewhat disappointed” in the
overall results of the election
and “we didn’t do as well” in the
Waynesboro, Staunton, Augusta
County area "as we expected.”
He said he has “no apologies to
make" and praised those who
worked with him on the cam-
paign.

“People now recognize that
the American Party is
something to be reckoned with,”
he said.

Mr. McGay said he was
"realistic enough to know the
odds against me” and that the

election "went about as I had
anticipated.”

He stated that he is “looking
forward to two years from now
(the next congressional elec-
tion)” and that he thinks he will
— at that time — "seek the
nomination of one of the par*,
ties." i jj -l. ~ £

Staunton, Va., Leader, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1974 9

Waynesboro voters |
jump on Butler wagon

WAYNESBORO - Voters in
this city went with the district-
wide avalanche which left in-
cumbent U.S. Rep. M. Caldwell
Butler in Congress and approved
a state constitutional amend-
ment to allow grants to students
attending private colleges.

But in Tuesday’s special
election, Waynesborians had
their own ideas about who should
occupy the State Senate and
House of Delegates seats and
whether stores should be open on
Sunday.

With 7,173 persons registered
to vote, 4,252 ballots were cast, a
59 per cent turnout. There were
four polling places, one in each
of four wards.

Most voters here endorsed
Republican candidates down the
line. They gave Mr. Butler a
lopsided victory in a four-man
race, with more than twice as
many votes as his nearest
competitor, Democrat Paul
Puckett.

The incumbent Congressman
got 2,484 votes to the Roanoke
sheriff’s 937. American Party
candidate Warren D. Saunders
received 564 votes, and in-
dependent Timothy A. McGay
got 80. Of all votes cast for the
Congressional candidates, Mr.
Butler garnered 61 per cent.

By narrow margins,
Waynesboro voters gave the nod
to Republicans A. R. Giesen Jr.
and Gordon W. Poindexter Jr.
for the State Senate and House of
Delegates seats, respectively.
Mr. Giesen, with 2,198 votes, had
a 206-vote margin over
Democrat Frank W. Nolen. A
difference of 187 votes separated
Mr. Poindexter, a Waynesboro

attorney, from his Democratic
opponent, Erwin S. Solomon of
Bath County.

Actually, Wards II and IV
carried the city for Mr. Giesen
and Mr. Poindexter, with Wards
I and III going for Mr. Nolen and
Mr. Solomon.

The slight victories for the two
Republicans in Waynesboro,
however, was not enough to
save them from defeat in the
voting districts at large.

On the proposed constitutional
amendment to allow state grants
to students in non-profit in-
stitutions of higher education,
the electorate here voted 2,201
for it and 1,354 against.

The clearest differnce be-
tween Waynesboro boters and
those of Staunton and Augusta
County was on the blue law
question. By a vote of 2,446 to
1,514 most Waynesborians — 62
per cent of those voting on the
question — opted for
unrestricted sales on Sunday.

In a meeting Monday, the
Greater Waynesboro Retail
Merchants Association voted to
be guided by the outcome of
Tuesday’s referendum on
Sunday closing.

Association president
Lawrence Creasy said this
morning that he does not foresee
any “drastic changes” in the
pattern of retailing in
Waynesboro as a result of the
city’s vote.

He said that the city’s variety
stores might be expected to start
opening on Sunday, noting that
one in the Centre for Shopping
already does Sunday business.
He does not envision massive
Sunday openings by small stores
for economic reason.

Two of the city’s department
stores, Leggett and Southern,
have run “Save Our Sundays”
campaigns, and they may
continue to resist Sunday
business, Mr. Creasy said.

He agreed that it is likely that
Waynesboro stores open on
Sunday will attract shoppers
from Augusta County and
Staunton. /

ROANOKE TIMES EARLY EDITION
November 6, 197^-

I Butler Elected
! In 6th District

5 N

f By BEN BEAGLE

Times Staff Writer

Republican Rep. M. Caldwell Butler
of Roanoke won re-election Tuesday to a
second term in the 6th District’s seat in
Congress.

Unofficial returns from 124 of the dis-
trict’s 234 precincts showed the Roanoke
lawyer with 46 per cent of the vote in a
four-way race.

Although his Democratic opponent,
Paul Puckett, Roanoke city sheriff, was
saying early in the night that “we’re not
out of this yet,” Butler was running well
ahead in both Roanoke and the Staunton-
Augusta County areas— strong Republi-
can country and producers of large num-
bers of votes.

With 21 of Roanoke City’s 32 precincts
reporting, Butler was ahead of both Puck-
ett and Warren D. Saunders, a Bedford
County businessman making the run as
the American party candidate.

Butler also was piling up the votes in
Roanoke County, especially the south-
western part which has been heavily Re-
publican for years.

There had been heavy speculation
that Saunders, who ran a heavy campaign
on radio and television, would get second
place in the voting.

With the 124 precincts in, though,
Saunders was trailing both Butler and
Puckett with 25 per cent of the vote.

In Bedford, Saunders was saying ear-
ly in the night, ‘ "Puckett is the one that’s
messing it up. He ought to have stayed
home.”

Timothy McGay, an Augusta County
farmer who ran as an independent and
had only $1,000 to run his campaign, was
completely out of the picture.

In the City of Roanoke, Butler beat

Puckett 8,302 to 6,137 in a vote that was
nowhere near that produced in the 1972
election which sent Butler to Congress as
the successor to longtime Rep. Richard
H. Poff.

In the 1972 race, Butler had just edged
by Willis M. Anderson, a Democrat, with
186 votes.

It was in the Roanoke Valley areas
and the middle Valley section, at opposite
ends of the district, that Republicans ral-
lied to put Butler in for a second term.

Apparently, a negative reaction some
Butler supporters had feared from Re-
publicans who were displeased with the
way the congressman voted on impeach-
ment of former President Richard M.
Nixon did little to dent the solid Republi-
can front in the district.

In South Roanoke No. 2 precinct,
where such sentiment might have been
expected, Butler beat Puckett 677 to 96
and Saunders ran close to Puckett with
84.

South Roanoke No. 2 is Puckett’s
home precinct.

McGay came out of Roanoke with 231
votes. —

Saunders, who came on strongly ear-
ly in the campaign on radio and televi-
sion, had run on a ticket which asked
“Had enough of both the Democrats and
Republicans?”

He attacked inflation and govern-
ment spending and blamed the situation
on both parties.

Puckett taking a traditional Demo-
cratic stance, blamed the woes of infla-
tion on the Republicans and called for s
balanced federal budget and a fair dea
for the workingman.

)

Butler easily wii

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By OZZIE OSBORNE
Political Writer

n,VHn? ugh parts of the 6th

for Rpn..w ere a disaster area
Darfv’t p b lcans y ester day, the

Party s congressional candi-
date-Rep. M. Caldwell But-
ler won with relative ease.
Butler, bucking voter die

mv a n nd° Ver the ailing econo-
my and worry over scandals

Area election tables on
n a on S f 5and 46 ~ 0ther elec ~

that have erupted around the
Republicans in Washington,
got about 45 per cent of the
vote in winning over three op-
ponents. *

Unofficial figures showed

P= 1 e L g f tt,ng 45 > 795 votes;
Paul Puckett, his Democratic
opponent, 27,329 votes; War-
ren Saunders, the American
party candidate, 26,470 votes-

down S'(ii e ll 55 W 5r a c SrS
the vote he got in 1972 when he
won his first term, but William

B. Poff, the 6th District Re-
publican chairman, may have
expressed Republican senti-
ment when he said:

“lam pleased with most any
Republican victory on Nov. 5,
1974.”*

Poff called the victory a per-
sonal one for Butler, noting
that the party did not have the
sort of campaign it did two
years ago, one reason being
that Butler was busy in Con-
gress and did not have as much
time to campaign as he did in
1972.

“We didn’t feel the need of
such *an organization this
year,” said Poff.

Poff’s Democratic counter-
part, C. A. “Chip” Woodrum
III, meanwhile saw the Butler
vote dropoff as indicating
“softness in his appeal.”

As for his own can party’s
.candidate, Woodrum said the
vote for Puckett showed that
there is “a basic Democratic
vote” in the district.

He praised the showing of
Puckett in light of the fact that
he ran far behind Butler and
Warren Saunders, the Ameri-
can party candidate, in mon-
ey-raising. .

He said the Democratic can-
didate’s vote under the cir-
cumstances “reflects
extremely well on Paul Puck-
ett”

Woodrum guessed that if
Saunders hadn’t been in the
race “I believe we would have
been close to victory.”

Referring to a statement by
Saunders that “Puckett should
have stayed home,” Woodrum
said he found that a curious

remark to from the candidate
who finished in third place.

“He’s to be congratulated on
a creditable race, nonethe-
less,” said Woodrum.

In his post-election com-
ments, Saunders said he be-
lieved that if it had been
between himself and Butler “I
could have beat him.”

Of Puckett, he said: “A man
who can’t even carry his own
territory has no business run-
ning. I almost beat Puckett in
his own precinct.”

Saunders said he was disap-
pointed in the vote he got in
some areas and felt “we would
get a better split in Augusta
County,” but did not seem up-
set with his overall vote.

“After all,” he said, “we
had everything in the world
against us.”

rnehbrg News November 6, 197*+

Butler Sweeps
Lynchburg Vote

By GARY KEARNS

News Staff Writer

Nearly half of Lynchburg’s
registered voters went to the
polls during Tuesday’s Sixth
District congressional election,
topping estimates of a much
lighter turnout.

Of the city’s 25,079 registered
voters, an unofficial total of
12,095 voted here.

~ In the congressional race,
Republican incumbent Rep. M.
CaldwelLiiu tler re ceived^ 6,140
votes^ a clear majority overlhe -
2,864 votes received by Roanoke
Sheriff Paul J. Pucket, a Demo-
crat.

American Party candidate
Warren D. Saunders received
an unofficial vote of 2,823,
while Timothy A. McGay, an
independent, received 168
votes.

City voters overwhelmingly
voted to retain the Sunday
closing law,xwith law by a vote
of 8,067 to 3,528. Voters also
endorsed the proposed con-
stitutional amendment which
will allow students in private
colleges and universities in
Virginia to obtain state grants.

The vote was 6,311 in favor
of the amendment and 4,137
against.

Returns from Lynchburg’s
17 precincts were called in to
election headquarters at the
Public Library. Polls here
opened at 6 a.m. and closed at
7 p.m.

The first precinct reported

in at 7:06 p.m. This was the
Second Precinct of the Third
Ward (Hammersley Pontiac),
which went in favor of Puckett
by a vote of 138 to Butler’s 103.

However, as other precincts
reported, the tide quickly
changed, heavily in favor of
Butler.

The last precinct to report to
headquarters was the Sixth
Precinct of the First Ward
(Bedford Hills School) at 7:47
p.m.

In this precinct Butler re-
ceived a majority vote of 1,061

M. Caldwell Butler

to Puckett’s 99 and Saunders’
233.

Mrs. John M. Payne, chair-
man of the City Electoral
Board, had predicted all
Lynchburg votes would be
tabulated and reported by 7:45
p.m.

An estimated 10,000 voters
were anticipated to go to the
polls here Tuesday and Mrs.
Payne said she was pleased
that more than 12,000 voted.

This was much lower than
the number who voted here
during the 1972 congressional
race, when 18,112 went to the
polls.

At that time, the city had
25,285 registered voters. This
was 206 more than the number
presently registered to vote
here.

During the 1972 election,
Butler carried Lynchburg by a
nearly two to one margin over
his closest opponent, Willis
(Wick) M. Anderson of
Roanoke.

This year, Butler obviously
did not suffer any loss in
Lynchburg because of his vote
as a member of the House Ju-
diciary Committee to impeach
former President Richard M.
Nixon.

Before 9 p.m. Tuesday, the
Associated Press proclaimed
Butler to be the winner of the
Sixth District contest.

Mrs. Payne said the city’s
unofficial vote will be can-
vassed by the Electoral Board
at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the
office of the clerk of the
Lynchburg Circuit Court.

The figures will remain un-
official until that time, said
Mrs. Payne.

•the daily advance

City ballots back Bi

By DOROTHY S. BROOKS

Lynchburg voters gave incumbent
Sixth District Republican Rep. M-
Caldwell Butler a majority of 6,140
votes in Tuesday’s general election to
2,864 for Democrat Paul J. Puckett and
2,823 for American Party candidate
Warren D. Saunders.

The total unofficial voter turnout
here was 12,095 or less than half of the
city’s 25,079 registered voters. Most vet-
eran political observers said the turn-
out was a little heavier than had been
anticipated, however.

(See other election results and
stories on Page 23 and photos on
Pages 28 and 32.)

As had been predicted, independ-
ent candidate Timothy A. McGay, a
Goshen farmer, got littie support re-
ceiving only 168 votes in Lynchburg.

Lynchburg City Republican Chair
man Carroll P. Freeman and George
Fralin, city campaign chairman for
Butler, said today Butler’s re-election
to congress shows the voters P al £ cal
tention to his record and his fiscal
responsibility and approved his efforts

in ThlTwVCblican leaders said
they do not think Watergate had any
real impact on voting in Lynchburg or
the Sixth District and noted that
Butler s vote to impeach former Presi-

dent Nixon had been vindicated by

eleC Other political observers also said
Butler didn’t suffer any real loss of
support because of his vote as a mem-
ber of the House Judiciary Committee
to impeach Nixon.

Fralin said the fact that Saunders
carried Amherst County by a slim
margin did not surprise him as that
county is traditionally Democratic.

He said that by voting for the
American Party candidate the voters
there were simply saying they were
not willing to accept Puckett “as being
representative of the present Demo-
cratic philosophy.”

Lynchburg City Democratic Chair-
man Louise Cunningham said today
the Democrats were hurt by American
Party candidate Saunders. She said he
gained votes from many Wallace Dem-
ocrats.

Mrs. Cunningham charged that
Butler did lose some ground in
Lynchburg even though he got the top
vote. She pointed out that two years
ago he received a majority vote here
but did not this Tuesday.

Unofficial returns, however, show
that Butler did receive a majority in
the city. *

The Lynchburg Democratic Com-
mittee chairman said, too, she does not
feel the Democrats lost any ground

district-wide. “We just didnt gain

Cunningham ex ;

pressed optimism for the Democrat
chances in the state races next year.

Saunders, who lives in Bedford
County, said today Lynchburg was a
big disappointment to me.” He noted
that Lynchburg is generally con-
sidered to be conservative and said he
is more conservative than either But-
ler or Puckett.

He said he was very pleased on the
other hand at his win in both Bedford
and Bedford County where “the peo-
ple know me best.”

“It shows what they thought of my
ability,” he said.

Saunders noted that what he had
wanted all along was to “offer my
services to the people. The country is
in a big mess.”

Puckett, Roanoke city sheriff, and
Butler could not be reached for com-
ment. Butler is also from Roanoke.

Returns from Lynchburg’s 17 pre-
cincts were called in to election head-
quarters at the Public Library.

The first precinct reported in at
7 06 p.m. This was the Second Precinct
of the Third Ward (Hammersley Pon-
tiac), which went in favor of Puckett
by a vote of 138 to Butler’s 103.

However, as news of other pre-
cincts reported in, the tide quickly
changed heavily in favor of Butler.

pleased that more than 12 ’°°® vote ^

^ This was much lower than the

„ *£ Z Z* >** teluyK

1972 congressional race, when >

went to the polls. , j « oar

At that time, the city had 25,-85

one margin over his closest opponent,
Willis (Wick) M. Anderson of Roanoke.

Refore 9 pm. Tuesday, the As-
sociated Press proclaimed Butler to be
the Sner of the Sixth District con-

teSt Mrs. Payne said the city’s unoL
ficial vote will be canvassed by the
Electoral Board at 9.30 a ^Thursday
in the office of the clerk of tne

until that time, said Mrs. Payne.

CLIFTON FORGE, VA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1974

Butler wins here, loses coi

ivirs. Miller, who had been deputy
clerk for six years before being
appointed, graduated from Clifton
Forge High School and

attended business college for one
year. Her husband, Richard, is
assistant to the Clifton Forge
postmaster. They have three
children, Richard W. Jr., an
accountant in Richmond; Gerald T.
a second lieutanent with the U.S.
Army in Germany; and Rebecca, a
junior at Madison College.

Mrs. Miller is a member of the
Clifton Forge Presbyterian Church,
Clifton Forge Woman’s Club,
Business and Professional Woman’s
Club and Virginia Clerk’s
Association. She is also the
registrar for the Selective Service
in Clifton Forge.

In alleghany County, Puckett won
with 969 votes. Butler was second
with 806, Saunders third with 694
and McGay had 28 votes. The
constitutional amendment passed
1,414 to 1,033. And in a special
election for the Board of Directors
of the Mountain Soil and
Conservation District, Jasper B.
Persinger, Jr. was re-elected to a
three-year term.

About 43 percent of the county’s
5,775 registered voters came to the
polls yesterday. r; Results show 2,497
cast ballots.

In Covington, Puckett was first
with 769 votes; Butler with 612,
Saunders with 437; and McGay 34.
The constitutional amendment
passed 931 to 596.

47% turnout
to cast vote
in city polls

Just under half of the registered
Clifton Forge voters turned out
yesterday to re-turn Congressman
M. Caldwell Butler to office for his
second term, approve a
constitutional amendment, and
elect a clerk of the Clifton Forge
Circuit Court.

Out of 2,665 registered city
voters, 1,262, or 47 percent, cast
votes yesterday in the city’s three
voting precincts. Two years ago
approximately 65 percent of the
city’s voters came out to cast
ballots.

Butler received 493 votes, with
Paul Puckett, Democrat, receiving
485; Warren D. Saunders, American
Party, 259; and Timothy McGay,
Independent, 16. Mrs. Kathleen C.
Miller received 1,068 votes. She was
running unopposed for the clerk’s
position. The constitutional
amendment passed 491 to 375.

Three-way race

Two years ago, Butler, in a three-
way race, received 854 votes, with
the next highest total, 600, going to*
Roanoke attorney Willis Anderson,
Democrat.

The constitutional amendment,
which allows state financial aide to
private institutions of higher
learning, passed in the city 491 to
375.

Mrs. Miller, a native of Clifton
Forge, had been appointed for a
one-year term last November to fill
the unexpired term of Carter B.
Gallagher, who resigned in
September for health reasons. He
had served as clerk for 37 years.

COVINGTON VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1974

M. Caldwell Butler Given
Another Term In Congress

Democrat Paul Puckett
carried Covington 769-612 and
Alleghany County 969-806 but
Republican Congressman M.
Caldwell Butler carried Clifton
Forge 493-485 and Bath County
679-397 in addition to sweeping to
large margins in Roanoke,

Roanoke County, and Lyn-
chburg and to win re-election to
Congress from the Sixth District
in Tuesday’s general election.

Warren D. Saunders,
American Party candidate for
Congress ran a strong third in
the area while independent Tim
McGay was a distant fourth.
Saunders got 694 votes in
Alleghany County, 336 in Bath
County, 259 in Clifton Forge, and
437 in Covington. McGay got 27
votes in Alleghany County, 32 in
Bath County, 16 in Clifton Forge
and 34 in Covington.

District-wide, Butler got 45.4
per cent of the votes, Puckett 27
per cent, and Saunders 26.2 per
cent, and McGay 1.4 per cent.
Puckett and Saunders each saw
the other as spoiling his chances.
Puckett contended that without
Saunders in the race he would
have received more than 50 per
cent of the vote.

In all Rep. Butler received
45,798 votes while Puckett got
27,230, Saunders, 26,476 and
McGay, 1,454 with all 234
precincts in the district
reporting.

The constitutional amendment
which would permit state aid to
non-profit educational in-
stitutions carried 931-596 in
Covington, 491-375 in Clifton
Forge, 1414-1033 in Alleghany
County.

The two candidates for two
positions on the Mountain Soil
and Water Conservation District
Board of Directors, Don F.

Gross and Jasper B. Persinger,
received a vote of 1,113 and 1,517
respectively from Alleghany
County voters.

Mrs. Kathleen Miller, ap-
pointed Clifton Forge Circuit
Court clerk pending Tuesday’s
election upon resignation of
Carter B. Gallagher last Sep-
tember was elected unopposed
to his unexpired term ending
Dec. 30, 1979. She received a
courtesy vote of 1,063.

A comparison of the number of

votes cast shows a lighter turn-
out in this election than in last
year’s election for governor.

In 1973, there were about 1,477
valid ballots cast in Clifton
Forge, around 2,993 in Alleghany
County, 2,301 in Covington, and
1,344 in Bath County.

In Tuesday’s election an
estimated 1,253 valid ballots
were cast in Clifton Forge, 2,496
in Alleghany County; 1,444 in
Bath County, and 1,852 in
Covington.

M. CALDWELL BUTLER
Re-elected

^ .

VOLUME 108 NUMBER 43 FINCASTLE, VIRGINIA 24090 TWENTY CENTS

Botetourt Voters Back District In Re-1

Botetourt County voters followed the pattern of the
Sixth District on Tuesday in giving a majority of
votes to return Incumbent Republican M. Caldwell
Butler to Congress.

Butler garnered a total of 1,675 votes in Botetourt.
Following Butler, the Botetourt pattern varied slightly
from the overall district picture with American
Party Candidate Warren D. Saunders in second place
with 1,299 votes. Democrat Paul J. Puckett, with
1»224, was third. In the district, Puckett appeared

to have the second slot.

An Independent candidate, T. A. McGay, was a
faint fourth in Botetourt County with 66 votes.

Botetourt County voters chose to Jceep Sunday
closing laws, by a vote of 2,551 to 1,570.

A Virginia Constitutional amendment that will
permit tuition grants to privately owned colleges
was approved in Botetourt, 2,269 to 1,421.

Butler carried the following precincts in Botetourt

PER COPY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1974

Election Of Butler

County: Amsterdam, Asbury, Town Hall, Eagle Rock,
Jennings Creek, Roaring Run, Buchanan, Coling,
Court House, Oriskany, Troutville, Big Hill and
Brugh’s Mill.

/ '

j Puckett carried the following precincts: Springwood

J and Glen Wilton.

Saunders carried the following Botetourt County
precincts: Blue Ridge, Coyners Springs and

Cloverdale.

— — —

The Be dford Bulletin-Democrat. NOVEMBER 7, 1974

Butler Is Reelected;
Saunders Wins Here

l 5 C COPY

Rep. M. Caldwell Butler
won reelection, but the
standout feature of Tuesday’s
election for the House of
Representatives in the Sixth
Virginia District was the
sweep scored by Warren D.
Saunders in his home
territory, Bedford County and
City.

Mr. Saunders, candidate of
the American Party, received

• e votes than the total of
!e for all three of his op-
ponents in Bedford County and
ran far ahead of Mr. Butler in
Bedford City.

But the margin of 1,450 over
Mr. Butler, the Republican
incumbent, which Mr.
Saunders carried out of
Bedford was more than offset
by big Butler pluralities in the
cities of Roanoke and Lyn-
chburg and Augusta County.
Takes Amherst Also
The only other of the
nineteen counties and cities in
the Sixth District carried by

"-•nR

Mr. Saunders was Amherst
County, where Paul J.
Puckett, the Democratic
nominee, also ran ahead of the
Republican incumbent.

But in Bedford it was all
Saunders. He carried both
wards in Bedford City by good
margins and in the county
captured 25 of the 26 precincts,
Boonsboro alone going for Mr.
Butler.

Many had expected Mr.
Saunders to carry Bedford
County, but the size of his
victory here was a surprise to
many.

SEE VOTING TABLE
ON PAGE TEN
Mr. Saunders’ vigorous

campaign brought out the
largest vote ever in Bedford
County and City for Congress
in a non-presidential year. The
total was 6,690, well ahead of
the 5,649 in the congressional
race of 1970, the last mid-term
election. However it was
smaller than the 8,489 of 1972,
when a President was being
elected.

Voters Come Out

An early morni'ng rain
caused voting to start slowly
in Bedford, but the sun was out
by noon and the voting places
were busy from then on.

As candidate of the
American party Mr. Saunders
claimed much of the same

vote which enabled Governor
George C. Wallace to carry
Bedford County in 1968. But
the Saunders sweep was even
more emphatic in that he
captured both wards of
Bedford City, 649 to 495, with a
margin of 71 in the First Ward.
Bedford City went to Richard
Nixon in 1968.

In the County, with only
Boonsboro dissenting, the
Saunders vote was 2,678,
Butler’s 1,463, Puckett’s 954
and that of Timothy Me Gay of
Augusta County, running as
an independent with almost no
campaign fund, was 73.

(Continued on Page 10)

Butler Reelected

f Continued from Page 1)

All the big county precincts
except Boonsboro gave Mr.
Saunders big margins, with
the tide especially strong in
the south and southeast, Mr.
Saunders’ home territory. He
makes his home in Goodview
and has a fertilizer business in
Amherst.

Count Speedy, Smooth
Now that the city and the ten
largest county precincts have
voting machines the counting
and reporting of the vote was
speedy and smooth. The
election staff of The Bulletin-
Democrat was able to dose
shop by nine o’clock . This was
due principally to the
generous and efficient
cooperation of election of-
ficials in the two wards and 26
county precincts, which is
gratefully acknowledged.

In the Sixth District as a J
whole Mr. Saunders ran third,
close behind the Democrat,
Paul Puckett, who failed to
carry a single county or city.
The final, district-wide vote
was Butler 45,798, Puckett
27,230, Saunders 26,476 and
McGay 234.

Amendment Approved *

The proposed amendment to
the Constitution of Virginia,
which will empower the
General Assembly to

authorize outright tuition
grants to Virginia-resident
students in Virginia’s

private — not state-
supported— universities and
colleges, won handily but not
overwhelmingly in both
county and city.

The vote in the city was 657
to 295 for the amendment, in ,
the county it was 2,982 to 2,361. /

^ SALEM TIMES-REGISTER-THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1974

Butler re-electea aespite

party disaster

national

M. Caldwell Butler remained afloat
while the entire Republican Party was
sinking around him. Despite heavy gains
for the Democrats on the national scene,
Butler polled 45% of the Sixth District
vote to easily win re-election over Paul
Puckett, Warren Saunders and Timothy
McGay.

Butler supporters had been concerned
that his stand against President Nixon
and the general condition of the Re-
publican Party would hurt the rookie
congressman. Apparently, the national
exposure did him more good than harm
no matter what stand he took on the
impeachment articles. As his campaign
slogan pointed out; you knew he was there.

Voters in the City of Salem and Roa-
County voted comparatively the
as far as Butler was concerned.
^^sRepublican polled between 46 and 47
per cent in those two areas while re-
ceiving just about 45 per cent in the
Sixth District as a whole.

The surprise was in the balloting sup-
port for American Party candidate
Warren D. Saunders. Although Saunders
finished behind Democrat Paul Puckett in
the total race, he finished a convincing
second in both Salem and Roanoke County.

Both Puckett and Saunders believed
they would have won the election had it
not been for each other. Saunders was
reported to have said, “Puckett is the
one that's messing it up. He ought to
have stayed home." On the other hand,
Puckett believes he would have received
over 50% of the vote had it not been for
Saunders.

Butler's victory lays to rest any notions
that his stand against President Nixon
would sway hardline Republicans in the
opposite direction. In reality, there was
no where to turn if you were looking for
som eone to support the ex-president. The
real issues in this election concerned the
economy. As Sen. Scoop Jackson said,
“The people are tired of WIN buttons,
they want some kind of positive action." i

Saunders believes the next 12 to 18
months will prove exactly that. “People
have got to stop being so gullible. I

think people just failed to realize the
condition that the country is in," he
said. Saunders plans to stay active in
the American Party.

Puckett found he could not ride into
Congress on the coat tails of the Demo-
cratic Party. Despite heavy gains for
Democrats nationally, the Roanoke City
Sheriff polled just over 27 per cent of
the vote in the Sixth District. In Salem
and Roanoke County his totals were
lower. Puckett expressed disappoint-
ment that his campaign “didn't have
enough funds to take the issues to the
people."

A fourth candidate, Timothy McGay,
received an insignificant 1.5%.

Congressman Butler could find him-
self in unusual surroundings on his re-
turn to Washington. At press time the
Democrats were projecting as many as
290 of the 435 House seats. In fact, the
veto -proof congress President Ford has
been warning against could become a
reality.

Butler credits his victory to a “good
campaign organization." He reserved
judgment on what effects the Watergate
and impeachment issues had on the out-
come.

Fisher,
^ Harris
§ Victors

^ By Helen Dewar

^ Washington Post Staff Writer

^ Joel T. Broyhill and
Stanford E. Parris, North-
ern Virginia’s incumbent
Republican congressmen,
were defeated yesterday
in f a stunning Democratic
landslide in the Virginia
suburbs.

Broyhill, an 11-term vet-
eran, dean of the state’s 10-
member delegation, and a
ranking Republican on the
House Ways and Means Com-
mittee, lost to Arlington
County Board member
Joseph L. Fisher, who took
precincts Broyhill had con-
sistently won in the 10th
District, which includes Arl-
ington, northern Fairfax and
Loudoun counties. Broyhill
conceded shortly after 9 p.m.

Herbert E. Harris, member
of the Fairfax County Board
of Supervisors, defeated in-
cumbent Parris in the Eighth
District when Parris failed
to produce the expected vote
in his southern Fairfax
County strongholds.

The two Northern Virginia
upsets indicated that the 7-3
Republican split in the statd
congressional delegation
would now be 5-5, as incum-
bents elsewhere in the state
either won or were leading.

In Arlington, County
Board member Joseph S.
Wholey was re-elected and
Democrat William J. Bur-
roughs was elected as com-
monwealth’s attorney.

The state’s Sunday-closing
“blue law” was repealed in
local referendums in most
of Northern Virginia, with
only Loudoun County in
doubt based on mid-evening
returns. A state constitution-
al amendment to permit
public aid to students at-
tending private colleges ap-
peared headed for approval,
while a $60 million school
bond issue in Fairfax Coun-
ty was apparently headed
for defeat.

Elsewhere in the state, in-
cumbents were headed for
victory, including Rep. M.
Cildwell Butler (R-Va.) who
outdistanced two opponents
despite initial controversy
over his pro-impeachment
vote in the House Judiciary
Committee.

Also an apparent winner
was Rep. G. William White-
hurst (R-Va.) of Norfolk,
who fought last-minute alle-
gations over his personal
business connections. Rep. J.
Kenneth Robinson (R-Va.)
was leading in the west-cen-
tral Virginia Seventh Dis-
trict, although Democrat
George H. Gilliam as run-

See VIRGINIA, A12, Col. 6

Broyhill and Parris
Are Upset in Virginia

VIRGINIA, From A1

ning an unexpectedly close
race against Robinson.

In the Southwestern Vir-
ginia Ninth District, which
reputedly offered the closest
contest in the state, Rep.
William C. Wampler (R-Va.)
maintained a steady but
slim lead over Democratic
Charles J. Horne.

In the southeastern Vir-
ginia Fourth District, Rep.
Robert W. Daniel (R-Va.) de-
feated his two opponents,
Democrat Lester E. Schlitz,
and a black independent
candidate, the Rev. Curtis
Harris.

In nearly every district,
Republicans ran on their
staunchly conservative vot-
ing records, with the Demo-
crats challenging their
votes, particularly on eco-
nomic issues. Often the chal-
lengers have attempted to
tie the incumbents to spe-
cial interests, alleging that
their records have contrib-
uted to inflation.

While the Democrats have
not failed to stress what
they call “honesty in govern- '
ment,” the Nixon-Watergate
issue has not been empha-
sized in most of the congres-
sional races.

Republican incumbents
have not stressed their ties
to the White House and
many of them, relying more
than ever on the support of
conservative Democrats,
have downplayed their GOP
credentials.

Only little more than 20
years ago, Virginia’s con-
gressional delegation was,
like the state’s top officials,
all-Democratic. Gradually
Republicans gained strength
until they now control the
delegation by better than 2-
to-1 margin. The Democrats

also have lost control of the
state’s two Senate seats to
Sens. Harry F. Byrd Jr.
(Ind.-Va.), and William L.
Scott (R-Va.), and the gover-
norship to Mills E. Godwin,
who was once a Democratic
governor.

M. CALDWELL BUTLER

i-JAUitioo (e

narrowly

defeated

By CHESTER GOOLRICK III
Leader Staff Writer
Democrat Frank W. Nolen scored a
stunning upset in Tuesday’s election,
narrowly defeating Republican A. R.
Giesen Jr. in the race for the State Senate
seat from Virginia’s 24th Senatorial
District.

Erwin S. Solomon, Bath County Com-
monwealth’s attorney, also defeated his
Republican opponent, Gordon W. Poin-
dexter Jr., completing a Democratic
sweep of the only elections for state office
held in Virginia this year. The two elec-
tions were necessitated by the resignation
of State Sen. H. D. Dawbarn in early
, September.

^ Final returns from the district show Mr.
Nolen with 12,449 votes to Mr. Giesen’s
12,042.

€ '• Nolen’s surprising victory over the
er House of Delegates’ minority
)r, was made possible by his com-
paratively sizeable victory in Augusta
County, as Mr. Giesen won by slim
margins in every other locality of the 24th
District except Buena Vista and Rock-
bridge County. The Augusta County vote,
larger than in last year’s gubernatorial
race, was apparently a measure of Mr.
Nolen’s popularity and energetic cam-
paigning there.

The 35-year-old chairman of the Augusta
County Board of Supervisors, running for
state office for the first time, garnered
only 50.8 per cent of the 24,491 votes cast in
the district, but in Augusta County he
captured over 56 per cent of the total vote.
The victory was the slimmest margin of
any election since Mr. Giesen himself,
running for the House of Delegates for the
first time in 1961, was defeated by in-
cumbent Democrat Felix Edmunds of
Waynesboro by a scant 88 votes. Since that
time, Mr. Giesen had never had trouble
gaining election to the House of Delegates
and ran unopposed in the last two elec-
tions.

As a popular supervisor’s chairman, Mr.
Nolen’s victory in Augusta County was not
unexpected, but the close race he made of

« other areas of the district came as a
rise to some political observers,
in Waynesboro, for instance, where Gov.
Mills Godwin, then Republican candidate
for the office, won more than 64 per cent of
the vote last year, Mr. Nolen lost by a little
over 200 votes, about two per cent of the
vote. The final count showed Mr. Giesen
winning by 2,198 votes to Mr. Nolen’s 1,992.

In Staunton, where Gov. Godwin polled
64.4 per cent of the vote in 1973, Mr. Giesen
won by a much slighter margin. Results
show 2,779 voters choosing Mr. Giesen,
with 2,632 approving Mr. Nolen’s can-
didacy.

Indicative of the closeness of this
election was the voting in Buena Vista and
Rockbridge County, traditionally
Democratic strongholds. In Buena Vista,
Mr. Nolen won by only 10 votes out of the
834 cast. The final vote was 422-412, with
Mr. Nolen the victor. In Rockbridge
County the margin was even less, with Mr.
Nolen winning by a mere six votes: 1,378-
1,372.

In Highland County and Lexington the
results were also very close. Mr. Giesen
polled 730 of the 1,381 votes cast in
Lexington and in Highland, traditionally a
Republican area, he won 476 to 359, a
smaller majority than expected.

Mr. Giesen conceded the election less
than three hours after the polls closed at 7
p.m.. Speaking to his Democratic op-
ponent by telephone, Mr. Giesen offered
his congratulations and said: "You won
because yoil simply outcampaigned me.”
Amidst the jubilation at a Democratic
victory party Tuesday night, Mr. Nolen
thanked ‘‘those who worked so hard”
during the campaign and said: “It is my
desire now to go to Richmond and gain
rapport with other members of the Senate.

I hope to gain their respect so I can be
effective in doing the job the people elected
me to do.”

Mr. Nolen also said he would consult
with Circuit Court Judge William S.
Moffett Jr. “within the next day or so” to
determine what will be done about his
position on the board of supervisors. Under
Virgnia law, the circuit court judge is
empowered to appoint a replacement to
serve on the board.

In his statement, Mr. Giesen thanked
voters for “turning out in such large
numbers and that the turnout was “in-
dicative of their interest in their govern-
ment despite what many had predicted
would be an apathetic election”. Mr.
Giesen also thanked his supporters for
their work during the campaign.

Of his years as an elected official, Mr.
Giesen said: “It is certainly an experience
which I cherish. I feel we have contributed
a great deal to the state and to progress in
this area.”

As to his future political plans, Mr.
Giesen said: “I certainly intend to remain *
active in the political scene in this area
and contribute what I can to maintain a
sound political atmosphere in the Valley ”
Asked whether he would consider
running for state office in next year's
election, Mr. Giesen replied: “It is really
too early to make an assessment or
determination in that regard. I would have
to analyze the election and determine what
prospects I have for the future. Right now I

want to get back to the business and family
which I obviously have not had as much
time for as I would have liked to in the
past.”

In the race for the 15th Legislative
District seat, Mr. Solomon had an easier
time of it, sweeping every locality except
Mr. Poindexter’s hometown, Waynesboro.
The victory by the 55-year-old vice
chairman of the State Crime Commission
had been predicted by political experts.

Final results showed Mr. S olomon
garnering 10,978 votes to his Republican
opponent’s 9,432. Both candidates were
relatively unknown by the bulk of area
voters before the campaign began, and
both worked almost full-time to make
themselves familiar to the electorate.

In Augusta County and Staunton, Mr.
Nolen won by substantial margins, more
than enough to offset the surprisingly
narrow loss in Waynesboro. The victory in
the largest population areas of the district,
coupled with substantial wins in Bath and
Highpand counties, assured Mr. Solomon’s
win.

Mr. Solomon said he was especially
pleased with his margin of victory in Bath
County and also thanked the voters of
Highland Coiinty for their support.
Highland County had not given a
Democratic candidate a majority of the
vote in many years.

In his statement, Mr. Solomon said: “I
hope I can serve the people of the district
well and be an extension of their aims in
Richmond.”

Mr. Solomon also thanked his campaign
workers “who got up at 5 in the morning to
go to the various plants in the area and
continued working until 12 at night.
Without their help and the help of other
supporters I could 'never have won the
election.

“I feel I have a mandate from the area to
investigate the possibility of price fixing,
to obtain additional state funds for
education and to vote for traditional
progressive legislation in the House of
Delegates.”

(See election charts on Page 5 for com-
plete results).

The victory by the two Democrats was
an apparent signal of a swing back toward
the Democratic Party by district voters.
Until the last decade a staunch
Democratic area, in recent years the two
districts had become dissatisified with the
party and had expressed that satisfaction
by voting for Republicans.

In a year when Republican chances all
over the country were damaged by the
lingering effects of Wahergate und u
recession, Democrats were able to score
impressive victories in this area. Whether
the voting this year is in fact indicative of a
trend or merely a one-time act of rebellion
by voters remains to be seen.

Monterey, Virginia 24465, Thursday, November 7, 1974

Nolen, Butler Win

McMullen 3-Vote
Supervisor Leader

Bath and Highland county voters
did their share in the election
of Erwin S. “Shad” Solomon
to the Virginia House of Dele-
gates. In his home county of
Bath, where Solomon now serves
as Commonwealth's Attorney, he
polled 996 of the 1463 votes
cast for the office, while in
Highland he won 505 of the 860

votes cast. Solomon says he plans
to continue on the campaign trail
and thank all the people who
voted for him.

In the Bath race for Supervi-
sor for the Valiev Springs Dis-
trict, Clarence F. McMullen
squeezed by again with a small
margin. He polled 213 votes to
Dr. Larry R. Denius* 210 votes,
with the remaining 10 votes going
to Billy Thorne. The voter turn-
out in Valley Springs District
was especially heavy this year,
with 433 people voting in the
supervisors race.

In the only other local issue,
the four candidates for the post
of director of the Mountain Dis-
trict of the Soil and Water Con-
servation Commission, all of
whom were unopposed, were
elected. In Bath County they are J.
Leo Lockridge and Edward T.
Walters; in Highland they are
Malcolm W. Hill and WilHam
R. Stephenson Jr. All four men
are farmers.

Bath and Highland voters favor-
ed the constitutional amendment
which will provide grants -in-
aid for students attending non-
profit private colleges. In Bath,
the vote was 955 to 358, in
Highland it was 465 to 302.

Rep. M. Caldwell Butler car-
ried Highland County in the 6th
District Congressional race with
502 votes compared to 153 for
Democrat Paul J. Puckett, 166
for American party Candidate
W arren D. Saunders and 36 for
Independent Timothy A. Mc-
Gay. In Bath the vote was a
little closer but Butler still won
with a good margin. The vote
there was Butler 679, Puckett
397, Saunders 336 and McGay
39«

In the 26th District Senatorial
race, the voters of Highland chose
Republican candidate Arthur R
“Pete” Giesen by 476 votes to

Vinton Voters Favor

i < ; v 5 " 1 ' '• V, i •{ i •' f ■ v c

Vinton area voters in Tuesday’js general election
gave a majority of their votes to the American

• rty candidate, Warren D. Saunders. Incumbent
publican Sixth District Congressman M 0 Caldwell
trailed Saunders in all three Vinton area

VJXTOX, VIRGINIA 2 - 4 I 7 Q

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1974

Saunders As 6th District Congressman

precincts, followed by Democrat Paul J. Puckett.
Independent Timothy A. McGay was a faint fourth.

Saunders’ largest margin in the three precincts
was in the West Vinton balloting, where he got
296 votes to 226 for Butler.

There was a total of 726 voters in the Lindenwood
precinct, 854 at East Vinton, and 729 at West Vinton.

Local area voters approved a Virginia Constitutional
amendment that would permit the payment of tuition
grants to private colleges.

•

LINDENWOOD

EAST VINTON

WEST VINTON

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In the referendum on the Sunday closing laws,
Vinton area voters indicated that they would prefer
enforcement of the law to be continued.

In Roanoke County matters, on a $8.7 million
sewer bond referendum, Vinton area voters indicated
approval.

In a referendum on a $6.1 million water bond,
Vinton area voters said yes.

Warren D. Saunders M 0 Caldwell Butler

Amherst New Era-Progress

Thurs.. Nov. 7, 1974

Tuesday’s Vote In Amherst County

Congress

Blue

Law

Liquor
By Drink

Amend-

ment

Precinct

Yes

Amelon

542

330

369

762

480

635

577

552

592

Amherst

274

392

393

630

415

583

445

581

381

Elon

140

144

256

123

156

222

173

187

Mad. Hgts

257

230

181

443

214

258

383

295

278

Monroe

149

140

132

254

165

211

203

210

182

N. Glasgow

110

.106

Pleasant Vw

121

153

103

Riverville

Temperance

133

143

Wright Shop

113

236

272

149

189

224

233

141

Totals

1735

1704

1469

3035

1837

2308

2483

2397

2060

Saunders Tops Ticket In Count

American Party Candidate
Warren D. Saunders’ theme
“tired of both the Democrats
and Republicans?” apparently
hit home with many Amherst
County voters as the Bedford
businessman Tuesday led the
ticket in the Sixth District
Congressional seat election.

Saunders topped his three
opponents by polling 1,735
votes to 1,704 for Democratic
Candidate Paul Puckett of Roa-
noke, who waged an intensive
campaign in the county.

Republican Incumbent M.
Caldwell Butler was third as he

received 1,469 votes. Indepen-
dent Timothy A. McGay got
only 39 votes in the entire
county.

Puckett received his strong-
est support at Amelon, Madison
Heights, Monroe and Temper-
ance precincts.

Puckett was the top vot-
getter at New Glasgow, Pleas-
ant View, Riverville and

Wright Shop precincts.

Butler carried only two pre-
cincts — Courthouse, by the
margin of one vote over Puck-
ett, and Elon where he edged
Saunders 144-140.

The county voted to retain
the Sunday closing law which
prescribes goods to be sold by
commercial establishments on
■ [Continued on page eight]

the Sabbath. The vote was
3,035 to 1,837 in favor of retain-
ing the Blue Law.

Also aproved was a consti-
tutional amendment which
would allow state grants for
students attending private col-
leges. The vote was 2,325 for
and 1,866 against.

Only 5,007 of the county’s
9,605 voters turned out for the
election.

JTJCWJZj V-O /V.L, IVi 1 JLM EjO

UNOFFICIAL RETURNS:
CITY OF SALEM

PRECINCT

HOUS

E OF REP

</>

C/5

RESENTA

TIVES

-J

inunoUAi

BLUE

YES

l, INUVfcMI
HAW

7, 1974
Kfcr CR

YES

tNDUM

North Salem |

1 1

141

177

275

385

216

340

209

North Salem 2

155

135

460

515

243

445

265

West Salem

164

157

319

448

185

344

256

Conehurst

120

109

103

153

—

113

South Salem |

136

131

203

289

181

242

157

^ South Salem 2

178

155

221

344

211

286

184

East Salem

108

137

190

126

173

III

Hidden Valley

145

334

354

238

338

202

Southside Hills

144

100

181

154

173

124

Beverly Heights

132

100

183

292

124

217

169

TOTAL

1412

1196

2352

3(07

1781

271 1

1790

MOV bjqi’l

Precinct

Highland 1
Highland 2
Highland 3
Jefferson 1
Jefferson 2
Jefferson 3
Jefferson 4
Jefferson 5
Tinker

Williamson Rd 1
Williamson Rd 2
Williamson Rd 3
Williamson Rd 4
Williamson Rd 5
Williamson Hd 6
Lincoln Terrace

Kimball

Loudon
Melrose
Eureka Park
Villa Heights
Wash. Heights
Westside
Raleigh Court 1
Raleigh Court 2
Raleigh Court 3
Raleigh Court 4
Raleigh Court 5
Raleigh Court 6

Wasena

Fishbum Park
Grandin Court
South Roanoke 1
South Roanoke 2
South Roanoke 3
Garden City
Riverdale
Absentee

Roanoke City

McGay Saunders Puckett

2 34 75

4 74 112

6 23 . 138

3 29 60

3 59 98 ~

10 164 228

6 135 198

3 71 93

. 2 89 148

9 160_ 184

4 188 215

8 102 145

4 _155_ 210

5 174_ 237

11 271 316

3 5_ 215

16 14 132

6 19 189

0 9 140

12 42 365

7 60 332

12 222 219

10 89 173

8 128 ~ 154

5 94 127

13 144 194

6 105 129

7 13Q i 65

3 92 93

3 124 173

3 108 112

15 149 186

11 97 1Q5

0 84 96

0 35 55

_J 137 220

2 56 -70 /

-A 13 . „38'

Butl er

44_

152

76_

125

144

156

200

230

1T2

322

268

403

93^

30^

174

127

220

152

229

219

450

286

341

429

224 .

355 .

434 .

590 .

677 -

320 1 -

140 .

28 •
139

Total

231

3684

6139

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6th District Congress Vote
In Roanoke City Precincts

Precinct

McGay

Saundere

Puckett

Butler

Highland 1

• CvC),

Highland 2

Highland 3

^^138^

Jefferson 1

Jefferson 2

(Sp

C^Jefferson 3

- 164

^Jefferson 4

135

(JD

144

Jefferson 5

9JL

Tinker

<$48$

102

Williamson Rd 1

160

184

Williamson Rd 2 •

188

215

<^230P

Williamson Rd 3

i f

102

145

Cm)

Williamson Rd 4

155

210

Williamson Rd 5

174

237

Williamson Rd 6

271

316

_Q )

Lincoln Terrace

Kimball

Loudon

CmJ~

Melrose

(W)

Eureka Park

174

Villa Heights

(332 )

127

Wash. Heights

—

219

220

Westside

Cm?

152

Raleigh Court 1

128

154

Cm)

Raleigh Court 2

127

Cm)

Raleigh Court 3

144

194

$45 o)

Raleigh Court 4

105

129

Tjj&O

Raleigh Court 5

130

165

(341 ;

Raleigh Court 6

$29)

Wasena

124

173

$24)

. FishburnPark

108

112

'(3S5)

Grandin Court

149

186

South Roanoke 1

105

South Roanoke 2

(lyf-p

South Roanoke 3

Cm)

Garden City

137

<^220^

filb

Riverdale

/$o J

28 *

Absentee

13'

^38

139

Total

231

3684

6139

8302

oVe-* i iXAfS Most 6

Roanoke City
Blue Law Vote

mfzK- ••',

Precinct

Yes

f:;- Highland 1

Highland 2

223

112

Highland 3

129

108

KoanoKe louniy

2* Jefferson 1

112

Blue Law Vote

^ Jefferson 2

140

S Jefferson 3

328

184

Precinct

Yes

Jefferson 4

330

131

Brushy Mountain

247

134

T Jefferson 5

196

123

Glenvar

371.

175

Tinker

207

127

Green Hill

132

32* Williamson Rd 1

379

162

Catawba

Williamson Rd 2

452

179

Mason Valley

150

128

Williamson Rd 3

251

173

Peters Creek

529

284

Williamson Rd 4

484

197

Botetourt Springs

483

209

Williamson Rd 5

457

220

Lindenwood

481

234

Williamson Rd 6

672

325

East Vinton

579

260

Lincoln Terrace

111

129

West Vinton

492

221

Kimball

Hollins

125

Loudon

130

128

Bonsack

311

103

Melrose

100

Mount Pleasant

418

194

Eureka Park

266

281

Clearbrook

424

238

Villa Heights

232

276

Cave Spring

704

446

Wash. Heights

422

248

Bent Mountain

Westside

232

185

Poages Mill

377

213

Raleigh Court 1

• 345

163

Ogden (A)

414

220

Raleigh Court 2

288

148

Ogden (B)

422

208

Raleigh Court 3

513

280

Medley (A)

443

202

Raleigh Court 4

353

170

Medley (B)

406

209

Raleigh Court 5

429

206

Burlington (A)

542

230

Raleigh Court 6

417

200

Burlington. (B)

470

229

Wasena

353

165

Monterey

409

194

Fishbum Park

388

184

Edgewood

385

241

Grandin Court

503

279

Oak Grove (A)

486

352

South Roanoke 1

564

230

Oak Grove (B)

457

267

South Roanoke 2

609

243

Windsor Hills 1A

397

193

South Roanoke 3

277

127

Windsor Hills IB

327

154

Garden City

317

172

Windsor Hills 2a

462

257

Riverdale

Windsor Hills 2B

445

235

Absentee

105

Absentee

Total

11,509

6,392

Total

12173 i

6408

City of Salem
Blue Law Vote

Precinct

Yes

■; North Salem 1

385

216

: \ North Salem 2

515

243

West Salem

448

185

Conehurst

109

103

South Salem 1

289

181

**»>*-• South Salem 2

344

211

East Salem

190

126

Hidden Valley

354

238

Southside Hills

181

154

Beverly Heights

292

124

5* Total

3107

1781

.Vv-i

Precinct

Hoy

Roanoke County

McGay Saunders Puckett Butler

brushy Mountain

142

151

vGlenvar

223

122

195

1 Green Hill

102

udatawba

v Mason Valley

109

Peters Creek

254

153

400

^Botetourt Springs

235

168

283

/£indenwood

305

121

288

CEast Vinton

319

213

301

■West Vinton

296

145

226

\HollinsRoad

Bonsack

150

177

" Mount Pleasant

256

190

163

Clearbrook

182

181

308

\#ave Spring

283

208

640

1 Bent Mountain

Poages Mill

198

122

264

-6gden (A)

162

134

327

'Pgden (B)

195

163

273

l>fVledley (A)

9 9-

242

144 .

252 x

/Medley <B)

210 ^

15^ lf

245/

v Burlington (A) •

244

169

346

b Burlington (B)

202

186

303

-Monterey

168

123

303

Edgewood

246

174

200

vbak Grove (A)

202

149

474

i/'foak Grove (B)

162

120

430

V Windsor Hills 1A

123

372

Windsor Hills IB

305

'Windsor Hills 2A

131

385

\ Windsor Hills 2B

169

126

379

Absentee

132

Total

260

5829

4082

8512

Salem

Precinct

McGay Saunders

Puckett Butler ^

North Salem 1

11 141

177

275 congress

•

North Salem 2

15 155

135

460

West Salem

8 164

157

3i9 Vth District

Conehurst

5 89

120

South Salem 1

6 136

131

203 Area

Horne Wampler

South Salem 2

9 178

155

221 Cra 'g

6UU

611

4892

East Salem

2 108

lriuiicguintx j tww

*3* Pulaski 3536

3722

Hidden Valley

6 165

334 Galax

992

928

Southside Hills

12 144

ton Radford

1861

1466

Beverly Heights

4 132

100

183 Tota

OD,lDt)

OOyDO/W

Total

78 1412

1196

2352

• a*- . n .i^i

The Bedford Bulletin-Democrat, November 7 , 19

Bedford County

Precinct

Big Island

Boonsboro

Bunker Hill

Chamblissburg.

Cove

Fancy Grove..*..

Forest

Goode

Hardy

Kelso

Liberty High

Lone Gum

Moneta

Montvale

New London

Otter Hill

Patterson Mill...

Sedlia

Shady Grove......

Sign Rock

Staunton River..

Stewartsville

Thaxton

Valley Mills

Walker’s Store...
Walton’s Store...
Total

First Ward

Second Ward

Total

GRAND TOTAL

Congress Amendment

YES

105

127

154

238

216

184

163

106

121

171

153

152

135

104

119

154

105

160

107

197

136

112

103

151

104

184

215

146

102

101

2678

954 1463

2325

1966

Bedford City

431

207

360

434

259

263

150

223

136

694

357

459

657

395

3372

1311 1922

2982

2361

THE DAILY ADVANCE, Lynchburg, Vo., Wed., Nov. 6, 1974 23

Precinct

First Ward....
Second Ward
otal

Bedford City

Congress Amendment

YES

431

207

360

434

259

263

150

223

136

694

357

459

657

395

Bedford County

Congress Amendment

Precinct

YES

Big Island

105

127

Boonsboro

154

238

216

184

Bunker Hill

Chamblissburg....

163

106

121

tfove

Fancy Grove

^Forest

171

153

152

135

\Goode

64 /

104

vj&yrdy

Kelso

119

^berty High

154

105

160

107

NLone Gum

Moneta

197

VMontvale

136

vNjew London

'Otter Hill

112

103

Patterson Mill

vSedlia

M5(hady Grove

Sign Rock

151

104

/§taunton River....

184

VStewartsville

215

146

102

Thaxton

101

Galley Mills

^Walker’s Store

Dalton’s Store

Total

2678

954

1463

2325

1966

Nelson County

Congress

Amendment

Precinct

YES

East 1

226

235

211

191

East 2

North

302

193

237

211

South 1

339

131

197

184

South 2

West 1

303

294

293

243

West 2

Totals

1315

937

1043

925

Lynchburg News November 6

First Ward....
1 st Precinct...
2 nd Precinct..
3rd Precinct..
4th Precinct..
5th Precinct..
6th Precinct..,

Totals

Second Ward.
1st Precinct....
2nd Precinct..
3rd Precinct...
4th Precinct...
5th Precinct...
6th Precinct...
7th Precinct...,

Totals

Third Ward....

1 st Precinct

2nd Precinct...,
3rd Precinct....
4th Precinct....

Totals

City Totals

Lynchburg

Congress

275

121

241

164

169

6 .

174

103

129

233

862

975

336

271

122

100

214

122

145

121

288

345

113

1397

998

, 393

138

177

228

296

564

891

168

2823

2864

Blue

Law

U
T

R Yes

109

246

207

268

488

518

745

640

790

672

1061

891

3400

3235

207

543

526

113

132

271

284

287

375

275

482

434

2132

2125

301

103

120

258

232

178

298

708

951

6140

6311

Amend-

ment

Yes

106

267

132

206

383

161

224

540

266

339

761

259

313

722

290

463

946

451

1651

3619

1559

122

229

149

334

603

322

127

220

243

463

129

217

419

128

404

557

188

449

673

278

1896

3164

1282

113

291

211

151

194

118

380

127

239

419

231

590

1284

687

4137

8067

3528

Amherst County

Precinct A

Amelon 9

Amherst 8

Elon 4

Mad. Hgts 2

Monroe 5

N. Glasgow 1

Pleasant Vw 5

Riverville 0

Temperance 3

Wright Shop 2

Totals 39

Congress Blue

Law

Yes

542

330

369

762

480

274

392

393

630

415

140

144

256

123

257

230

181

443

214

149

140

132

254

165

110

12?

133

113

236

272

149

1735

1704

1469

3035

1837

Liquor Amend-

By Drink ment

Yes

635

577

552

592

583

445

581

381

156

222

173

187

258

383

295

278

211

203

210

182

106

153

. 103

143

189

224

233

141

2308

2483

2397

2060

lynchburg news November 6

Precinct

Big Island

Boonsboro

Bunker Hill

Chamblissburg.

Cove

Fancy Grove

Forest

Goode

Hardy..

Kelso

Liberty High

Lone Gum

Moneta

Montvale

New London

Otter Hill

Patterson Mill....

Sedlia

Shady Grove

Sign Rock

Staunton River...

Stewartsville

Thaxton

Valley Mills

Walker’s Store....
Walton’s Store....
Total

—

Bedford County

6
2
2
0
5
5
3
1
1
7
1
7

4
1
0

3
0
2

4
1
3
2
2
3

Congress Amendment

YES

105

127

154

238

216

184

163

106

171

153

152

135

104

119

154

105

160

107

197

136

112

103

151

104

184

43 '

215

146

102

101

2678

954

1463

2325

1866

THE FINCASTLE HERALD NOVEMBER 7, 1974
Fincastle, Virginia Page 3

Botetourt

Precincts

U. S. CONGRESS
SIXTH DISTRICT

SUNDAY CONST.
[CLOSING AMEND.

£ O ~

— , a:

Amsterdam

,/ Z\ 87 \/7f \/Z3 \\23P \/03

Asbury

Town Hall

2>9

91 hoi (oX Ifo

/;7 /2>y 23V 27? * 0 / 2?7 /v3

Jennings Creek

A3 )5 7 76 /y n

Roaring Run

37 37 37 7? W 77 </?

Buchanan

!Si> 7V5 Z// 32V *30 Z5Z Z3J

Springwood

W 51 3? 9/ 54 fct 7-t

Blue Ridge

79 /77 /0O \\/97 75

Coyners Springs

/9L

50 /OV 203 /Z£ //tf \)0k>

Coling

y* 57 \fJ0 \\/97\ 7V 774 7/

Court House

^ no /33 8g \\/Z3 S7

Oriskany

/o /v ?\\ /¥ ^

Eagle Rock

S'? 53 /2Y M5 //3 m //7

Big Hill

XV \ !9 31 s? ‘iO

Si> zo

Glen Wilton

3/ V> *y \5Z

W 53

Cloverdale

50 </0 y<H 73

Troutville

57 50 /2Z Z70

/7V 5*5

Brugh’s Mill

*4 V6 y/r /73

/Y7 66

SjOTAL

6 6

/Z7f yzxv /675 Z5S/

/570

ZZ6V /yz/

rxvLv^Hi 1U CJiiJNTS

inty, Covington

House of Representatives

McGay

Saunders

Puckett

Butler

Precinct 1

131

242

270

Precinct 2

158

145

Precinct 3

Totals

259

485

493

Special Election Clerk of Circuit Court
For Kathleen C. Miller

Precinct 1

542

Precinct 2

338

Precinct 3

188

Totals

1,068

Constitutional Amendment

Yes

Precinct 1

...248

210

Precinct 2

...163

104

Precinct 3

... 80

Totals

House of Representatives
Alleghany County

...491

375

McGay Saunders Puckett

Butler

Arritt

108

Callaghan

125

Dameron

Dolly Ann

130

194

189

Griffith

Intervale

124

Iron Gate

Peter’s Switch .

142

Low Moor

114

166

124

Totals

694

969

806

Mountain Soil and Water Conservation
Director for Alleghany County
Jasper B. Persinger — Don Gross

Gross

Persinger

Arritt

238

Callaghan

109

166

Dameron

Dolly Ann

291

370

Griffith

115

130

Intervale

216

141

Iron Gate

Low Moor

192

298

Totals

1113

1517

Bath, Botetourt, Highland Counties and Covington

McGay

Saunders

Puckett

Butler

Bath

336

397

697

Botetourt

1299

1224

1675

Highland

166

153

502

Covington

437

769

612

•f* '

</*’

Precinct A

Amelon 9

Amherst 8

Elon 4

Mad. Hgts 2

Monroe 5

N. Glasgow 1

Pleasant Vw 5

Riverville 0

Temperance 3

Wright Shop 2

Totals 39

Lexington

Congress

Liquor Amend-
By Drink ment

Precinct

YES

East

131

172

196

307

181

316

134

West

198

130

648

659

315

689

249

Total

329

302

844

966

496

1,005

383

Congress

Blue

Liquor

Amend-

Law

By Drink

ment

A P

U U

N C

D K

E E

R T

S T

Yes

542 330

369

762

480

635

577

552

592

274 392

393

630

415

583

445

581

381

140 87

144

256

123

156

222

173

187

257 230

181

443

214

258

383

295

278

149 140

132

254

165

211

203

210

182

70 74

110

106

83 91

127

153

103

17 44

90 80

133

143

113 236

272

149

189

224

233

141

1735 1704

1469

3035

1837

2308

2483

2397

2060

Campbell County

Precinct

Blue Law

Amendment

Yes

Airport

233

206

300

181

Altavista 1....

404

161

314

201

Altavista 2 ....

267

282

429

203

Brookneal

152

164

282

Concord

176

143

188

200

Courthouse...

266

160

228

172

Evington

Flynns

652

398

549

450

Forest Hills...

301

250

317

276

Gladys

146

123

229

Kings

174

132

143

131

Laxton Road

776

435

615

546

Morris Church

New London.

427

188

294

284

Yellow Branch

230

132

176

144

Totals

4400

2886

4199

3096

Precinct

Upper

Lower

Totals

Buena Vista

Congress

M N c

c D K

GEE
ART
Y S T

11 188 122

13 123 98

24 311 220

Amendment

R YES NO

165 195 97

192 239 102

357 434 199

CONGRESSMAN

STATE

SENATE

Not ojV^

V-

•

Precincts

McGay

Saunders

Puckett

Butler

Nolen

Giesen

Airport

toH

<*2

10*4

/33

/30

Ben Salem

2.0

Fancy Hill

Effinger

5 S'

//£

11$

Kerrs Creek

£ 2

/<£>5

135

Glasgow

/21

105

10*4

Natural Bridge

/ w

//3

!Zl

Fairfield

1<4

Mountain View

<46

Vesuvius

to>

2<i

5*4

Goshen

•

Meadowview

Rockbridge Baths

Rockbridge High

124)

12 . 7

Sub Total .

151,

)2J</

1372

West Lexington

/5V

/3 0

04Z

315

55}

East Lexington

/3 1

/ 72

150

216

151

Total Lexington

32.9

302

051

030

Total Lex., Rock.

/M5

973

705%

241*1

2J02-

Buena Vista, Ward 1

/?2

/22

1&5

213

26 V

Buena Vista, Ward 2

/23

HZ'

2//

Total Buena Vista

3ll

iZO

351

<471

9/7-

•

GRAND TOTAL

v $7

i2L.

AUGUSTA COUNTY

House

of Del.

House of Rep.

Senate

fcun.

'§ Amendment

closing

c A

Precinct
Middle River:

*©

New Hope

204

276

143

462

211

363

277

331

208

391

230

Crimora

171

256

107

218

119

171

103

127

202

Weyers Cave

267

200

236

133

272

208

140

257

147

Dist. Totals

375

714

262

918

554

714

668

710

451

775

579

North River:
Fort Defiance

102

233

187

232

181

225

179

158

251

131

North River

100

295

235

290

175

312

236

170

300

185

Verona

146

279

248

275

248

254

269

168

292

195

Dist. Totals

348

807

219

670

797

604

791

684

496

843

511

South River:
Stuarts Draft

159

467

148

397

417

371

418

439

250

355

408

Sherando

105

184

202

175

193

171

170

133

129

214

Dist. Totals

264

651

215

599

592

564

589

609

383

484

622

Wayne:

Fishersville

151

239

290

190

271

197

234

165

264

187

Dooms

127

197

102

294

154

280

154

198

127

173

224

Ladd

111

406

282

339

282

334

339

201

196

389

Dist. Totals

389

842

260

866

683

833

685

771

493

633

800

Beverley Manor:
Sandy Hollow
Wilson
Jollivue
Dist. Totals

115

181

187

180

177

173

134

143

201

137

133

147

125

142

124

100

154

115

111

119

101

125

114

112

250

429

135

439

428

427

406

372

311

467

351

Riverheads:

Greenville

162

289

114

324

274

324

252

258

218

285

253

Spottswood

Middlebrook

v 9

103

113

170

130

182

106

101

121

179

138

179

272

137

248

146

183

132

258

113

Dist. Totals

403

581

253

766

541

754

504

542

471

722

460

Pastures:

Craigsville

155

270

242

109

123

151

Churchville

137

259

113

293

234

271

224

237

181

320

178

Buffalo Gap

138

153

130

161

111

120

100

150

109

Deerfield

Dist. Totals

107

398

505

200

757

480

716

454

480

420

641

483

County Totals

327

2427

4529

1544

5015

4075

4612

4097

4168

3025

4565

3806

HIGHLAND COUNTY

House of Rep.

nuus>e

UI mJ'

ei.

c a

Senate

*©

# ©

*©

Amendmei

Precinct:

Blue Grass

Hightown

Mill Gap

Courthouse

179

136

172

171

137

190

Strait Creek

Big Valley

Wilson’s Mill

McDowell

Doe Hill

22'

Headwaters

County Totals

153

502

166

359

476

505

355

465

302

77/^

/[hoeto6 c ^ /

Bath County — Unofficial Election Returns

‘G

►

Jl{

- 4 -»

►

’£

'tm

-Q

House of Rep.

McGay

Saunders

103

336

Puckett

109

397

Butler

148

208

139

679

House of Delegates

Solomon

200

341

238

125

996

Poindexter

116

467

Board of Supervisors

genius

210

McMullen

213

—

213

Thorne

; —

Soil & Water Com.

Lockridge

170

256

201

130

~S73

Walters

163

252

160

181

884

Amendment

For

187

269

210

163

955

Against

131

358

Highland County — Unofficial Election Returns

C-l . ■ U

*5 S ~ a>

*3 » ~ tS

J£ Q

House of Rep.

McGay

4 11

~~7

Puckett

6 66

153

Butler

30 179

502

Saunders

13 48

166

Mate Senate == =============^

Nolen

20 136

359

Giesen

30 172

476

House of Delegates

Solomon

29 171

505

Poindexter

24 137

355

Amendment —

For

29 190

465

Against

21 89

302

Nov . I* jQlO

6th District Race Results
By Cities and Counties

County/Citv
Alleghany ./
Am herst 1/

No. Pets.

-Pojg ^ Reporting MpHay
9

binders Puckett Butler

694 / 7 ~m

W if

Roanoke County Results

For 6th District Race

Precinct

Brushy Mountain
Glenvar

Green Hill

Catawba
Mason Valley
Peters Creek
Botetourt Springs

Linden wood

East Vinton

West Vinton

Hollins Road

Bonsack

Mount Pleasant

Clearbrook

Cave Spring
Bent Mountain
Poages Mill
Ogden (A)

Ogden (B)

Medley (A)

Medley (B)
Burlington (A)
Burlington (B)

Monterey

Edgewood
Oak Grove (A)

Oak Grove (B)
Windsor Hills 1A
Windsor Hills IB
- Windsor Hills 2A
Windsor Hills 2B

Absentee

Total

McGay

2 _

7
11

8
11
7

4
6

5
9

8
18
9*

260

Saunders

142

223

109

254

235

305

319

296

150

256

182

283

198

162

195

242

210

244

202

168

246

202

162

123

196

169

5829

Puckett

122

153 x
168
121
213
145
45
93
190
181
208
49
122
134
163
144
155
169
186
123
174
149
120
88
89
131
126
35
4082

Butler

195_

102 _

52_

400

283

288

301

226

177

163

308

640

264

327

; 273

252

245

346

303

200

474

430

372

305

385

379

132

8512

COVINGTON VIRGINIAN, WED NESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1974

Alleghany County — — —

Precinct

Saunders

McGay

Puckett

Butler

Amendment
Yes No

Callaghan

125

137

Arritts

108

144

127

Dameron

Dolly Ann

130

194

189

317

196

Griffith

112

Intervale

124

182

105

Iron Gate

Low Moor

114

166

124

246

156

Peters Switch

142

164

140

Total

694

969

806

1414

1033

Precinct

Burnsville
Fairview
Healing Spgs.
Hot Springs
Millboro
Mt. Grove
Warm Spgs,
Totals

Soil

Gross Persinger

109

291

115

216

192

1113

166

238

370

130

141

298

1517

Covington

Precinct

Saunders

McGay

Puckett

Butler

Amendment
Yes No

1 Firehouse

157

^106

153

202 119

2 Jeter-Watson

181

167

254 133

4 Rivermont

100

229

127

209 190

5Edgemont

150

202

165

266 154

Total

437

769

612

931 596

Bath County

Saunders

103

336

McGay Puckett Butler

109

397

208

139

148

679-

Amendment
Yes No

269

210

163

187

955

131

437

Bath County

Precinct

Solomon

Poindexter

Burnsville

Fairview

r ‘fi

Healing Spring

341

Hot Springs

238

Millboro

125

116

Mt. Grove

Warm Springs

200

Total

996

467

McMillin Denius Thorne

213

Clifton Forge

Precinct Saunders

Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Totals

131

259

McGay

Puckett

242

158

485

Butler

THE DAILY ADVANCE, Lynchburg, Va„ Thurs., Nov. 7, 1974

Tfie vote in Lynchburg

Considerably more Lynchburgers
exercised their No. 1 civic privilege
and responsibility by going to the
polls Tuesday than we had expected
but there is certainly no cause for
elation over a turnout which involves
less than half of the qualified voters.

Had it not been for the con-
troversial Sunday closing law issue,
which generated a good measure of
mini-heat here and in 25 other cities
around the state, we suspect that our
17 precincts would have produced an
even more funereal atmosphere
Predictably, Rep. Butler had an
easy time of it. He was a convincing
winner over opposition that was less
formidable than two years ago, and
had it not been for his act of political
conscience as a member of the House
Judiciary Committee, which alienated
him from a sizeable number of Nixon
diehards and ultra-conservatives, he
doubtless would have swamped
Messrs. Puckett and Saunders. As
candidate of the American Party, the
latter cost the incumbent hundreds of
votes but far from enough to in-
terfere with the outcome.

Tuesday’s vote clearly showed that
this predominantly conservative city
is thoroughly satisfied with Ren
Butler’s work in Washington, and was
no subject to the off-yearpressures
pointed up by the Watergate debacle.

* ☆ ☆

We’re naturally gratified that this
newspaper’s support of the present
Sunday closing law as well as the
proposed amendment to the Virginia
Constitution to permit financial aid to
students attending private higher in-
stitutions of learning received the en-
dorsement of the electorate.

The Commonwealth’s 25 private
colleges and universities are an
enormous resource. They educate
some 16,000 Virginians annually and
attract another 12,000 from beyond
our borders. They enhance the econo-
my and, in fact, constitute the chief
“industry” in some localities. Their
facilities, built and maintained
without state aid, serve the taxpayer
in many ways.

Frankly, we were concerned on
election eve that the amendment’s
full story hadn’t been fully conveyed
to the people and that it might be

rejected. However, it passed handily
in all parts of the state and
Lynchburg in particular- with three
of those-concerned institutions in its
own front yard-gave it a healthy
6,311-4,137 victory.

It has been pointed out that if all
or most of our private schools fail, the
taxpayers would be called upon to
shoulder the heavy burden of educat-
ing thousands of additional students
at public expense. Many classrooms
and dormitories would have to be
built at inflationary costs.

Thus the modest program of aid
Virginians were asked to authorize—
which they did— offers a genuine
educational bargain.

# ☆ ☆

There was no real pattern of vot-
ing on the Blue Law in the local
option polling around the state, with
the trend, if any, being a “No” for the
more heavily industrialized, “liberal”
urban areas and a “Yes” for the more
rural and conservative communities.
Although the ramifications of the
closing law have been a constant
plague to our legislators over the
years, substantial sentiment has
abided since Colonial times for a day-
of-rest philosophy, which was strong-
ly reflected in Lynchburg’s over-
whelming decision, 8,067-3,528-to keepi
the law. Much credit for this verdict
must go to the churches, which ac-
tively fought for retention of the law,
as well as retail merchants organiza-
tions at the state and local level.

As we say, Lynchburg’s showing at
the polls Tuesday would unques-
tionably have been miserable had it
not been for this issue, and on a
statewide basis the fate of the pro-
posed amendment to help our private
schools might possibly have altered,
through apathy or misinformation.

In closing, our commendations to
the 12,095 who “bothered” to manipu-
late those three levers this week. We
can count on far more two years
hence, but then Mr. Ford, or some-
body, will be facing Mr. Mystery Man
in the quadrennial presidential
sweepstakes — and we can always de-
pend on an excellent turnout for this
epochal event. Or at least excellent in
terms of what we have been ac-
customed to over the years.

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Butler, Nolen, Kemp Win

by Marjie Hartley

Nationwide voters were
placing Democrats by the
dozen in office — for reasons
including Watergate and
inflation — but the Rock-
bridge area avoided party
politics yesterday and placed

Republicans, Democrats and | Virginia.

Statewide the amendment
passed with about a 100,000
vote margin, with 389,000
votes for and 289,871 against
the amendment at the last
unofficial tally. Ap-
proximately 16,000 Virginia
students attend private
colleges and universities in

independents in office.

In the congressional race
6th District Rep. M. Caldwell
Butler won reelection by a
substantial margin in
Lexington and Rockbridge
County but was taken up to
the wire by American Party
backed candidate Warren
Saunders before a final
victory in Buena Vista.

A. R. “Pete” Giesen,
Republican candidate for the
24th District state senatorial
seat, found much support in
Lexington but lost to
Democrat Frank W. Nolen,
present chairman of the
Augusta County Board of
Supervisors, in close races in
Rockbridge and Buena Vista.

When the totals were in
from throughout the district,
Nolen had defeated Giesen,
who had left his position as
minority leader of the House
of Delegates to run for
senator, by a 12,453 to 12,048
margin.

In Rockbridge County
independent challenger
Robert Lee Kemp of Fairfield
defeated Jack Smith 1,509 to
1,306 for the position of
commissioner of revenue, to
which Smith was appointed
last year.

And in Natural Bridge
District, Maynard Reynolds,
unopposed independent
candidate for election to the
Rockbridge Board of
Supervisors, won election
with 480 votes.

The state constitutional
amendment on state aid tc
private colleges passed in al
three area localities, as it die
throughout Virginia. In Rock
bridge County the amend-
i ment was approved 1,138 to
692; in Lexington, 1,005 to
£83; and in Buena Vista, 434
to 199.

Both Lexington and Buena
Vista have private colleges —
Washington and Lee

University and Southern
Seminary Junior College —
which were joined by state-
supported Virginia Military
Institute in a campaign for
approval of the state

amendment.

Harry Wright, clerk of the
circuit court for Rockbridge,
said this morning that the
voter turnout in the area was
around 46 per cent, or “about

M. CALDWELL BUTLER

average.. .” for an off-year
election.

Butler, who has served one
two-year term in the House of
Representatives and is a
lawyer from Roanoke, won in
Rockbridge County with 1,214
votes, compared to American
Party backed candidate
Warren Saunders with 916;
Democrat Paul Puckett with
691 ; and independent

Timothy McGay with 156.

In Lexington Butler

received 844 votes, Saunders
329, Puckett 302 and McGay

34. Buena Vista gave Butler
357 votes, Saunders 311,
Puckett 220 and McGay 24.

In the 6th District Butler
won with 45.4 per cent of the
vote, the remainder, being
split between Saunders and
Puckett. An unofficial count,
with five precincts out of 234
in the district, gives Butler
45,798 votes, Puckett 27,230
and Saunders 26,476. McGay
received less than 1.4 per cent
of the vote in the district.

Nolen won with 1,378 votes
(continued on page 30)

.Qe&rid

in^Kockbridge County to
Giesen’s 1,372 and in Buena
Vista with 422 votes to
Giesen’s 412 but lost in
Lexington with 651 votes to
Giesen’s 730.

Nolen carried only one
other jurisdiction in the 24th
District, Augusta County, but
that combined with large
Rockbridge County and much
smaller Buena Vista for a
close win.

Having served on the
Augusta County Board of
Supervisors for three years,
Nolen, 35, had intended to run
against Sen. H. D. “Buz”
Dawbarn next year when the
incumbent was up for re-
election. But when Dawbarn
resigned his seat in early
September, Nolen began his
successful campaign.

A native of Franklin, N. C.,
Nolen is a vice chairman of
the Augusta County
Democratic committee and
member of the Middle River
Democratic Committee. He is
active in community affairs
and was named Outstanding
Young Man of the Year by the
Staunton-Augusta County
Jaycees this year. He is
married to the former Nancy
Weese of Moorefield, W. Va.
and they have three children.

In a low-key campaign that
apparently appealed to Rock-
bridge County voters, in-
dependent Kemp won half of
the 14 precincts in the county.

An employee of Rockbridge
Farmers Cooperative, Kemp
lives in Fairfield and has
been a beef cattle farmer. He
is a veteran of the U. S. Ar-
my. He was educated in the

Rockbridge County schools
and is married to the former
Elaine Ralston of Staunton.
His term will expire Dec. 31,
1975.

Reynolds, although
unopposed for supervisor, did
not receive votes from all of
those who cast their ballots in
Natural Bridge District. Of a
total voter turnout of over 260
persons in each of Glasgow
and Natural Bridge precincts
Reynolds received 242 votes
in Natural Bridge and 238 in
Glasgow.

Since he was appointed last
year to fill the unexpired
term of David Loughhead,
Reynolds’ term as supervisor
will expire Dec. 31, 1975.

A native of Rockbridge
County, Reynolds has lived in
Glasgow, since 1954 and
served on town council there
from 1958 through 1964. His
corporation operates the
Natural Bridge Gulf Service
Station, Reynolds Gulf
Service Station in Glasgow
and R&O Gulf Fuel Oil, Inc.
in Glasgow.

He is a member of the
advisory board of the
Glasgow office of the First
National Exchange Bank of
Virginia and a deacon in the
Glasgow Baptist Church. He
is past president and
honorary member of the
Glasgow Fire Department
and a former member of the
Glasgow Rescue Squad. A
member of the Loyal Order of
the Moose 690, Reynolds
served in the U. S. Army
during me Korean conflict.

__ . -s' ' ^ .

Demo win: how it happened

ay CHESTER GOOLRICK III
Reader Staff Writer

“If Frank W. Nolen wins by one vote,
it will be a landslide,” the local
Democratic leader said.

That was two weeks ago. Tuesday, by
less than 500 votes out of the more than
24,000 cast, Mr. Nolen became the first
Democratic state senator from this
area since George M. Cochran was
unseated in 1967. If one vote is a land-
slide, then Mr. Nolen’s narrow but
convincing victory over a well-
respected and successful Republican
opponent must be considered an upset
of major proportions. How did it hap-
pen?

It would appear that, to the voters, a
vote for Mr. Nolen, a man who was a
virtual political unknown until three
years ago when he ran for the Augusta
County Board of Supervisors and won,
symbolized a vote for change.
Watergate left the electorate
disillusioned with government, and the
increasingly despondent state of the
economy has added to the malaise
around the country. Area voters
seemed to want nothing so much for
this area as something different, a
fhange from the past. It was, then, a
ne for experimentation.

Thus, it was not so much what Mr.

Nolen’s politics are that got him
elected, but the change he seems to
represent. As chairman of the board of
supervisors, he had won respect for his
hard work and straightforward man-
ner, certainly, and as a farmer and
industrial employee he held an at-
traction for persons with his
background in the district, but his style
during the campaign was far from
flamboyant and the stands he took on
major issues were more often than not
less than forceful. Even Mr. Nolen’s
most ardent supporter could not have

News analysis

said that he had many solutions to the
most pressing problem of the day, the
economy.

On the other hand, the Republican
candidate, A. R. Giesen Jr., was a well-
known and respected commodity. As
House minority leader he had cham-
pioned mental health care and the
reform of the penal system, not
positions to make a politician a lot of
enemies, and he had won by in-
creasingly large majorities every two
years since 1963. A graduate of Yale

and Harvard Graduate School, Mr.
Giesen’s public style was that of the
knowledgeable, concerned public
servant.

But despite Mr. Giesen’s erstwhile
popularity and his experience in the
General Assembly, and despite an
intensive campaign which found him at
factory gates early in the morning and
as late as midnight and door-to-door
tours of the district, he lost to a
relatively inexperienced Democrat.
Why?

Weeks before the election, national
polls showed that even the most solidly
entrenched Republican candidates
were in danger from a rebellious
electorate in no mood to reward them
for past performances. Voters who
wholeheartedly accepted Richard
Nixon in 1972 felt betrayed by
Watergate. Republicans, even those
entirely free of any guilt, were bound to
suffer. Mr. Giesen, as he himself in-
timated after the election, was to some
degree a victim of those seven men who
entered an office on the night of June 17,
1972.

Mr. Giesen was also defeated by a
Democratic machinery which, vir-
tually destroyed by factionalism in the

(See ANALYSIS, Page 2)

late 1960s as the Byra machine
withered and nothing was found to
replace it, seemed to develop overnight
and which involved many persons who
had never interested themselves in
politics before. Mr. Nolen and his
backers were able to put together in
little more than a month’s time a
campaign which left no stone unturned
in seeing to it that aided the upstart
candidate’s chances immeasurably.
The clumsy radio advertisements of the
early days were replaced with effective
spots as the election approached, and
teams of workers knocked on doors
throughout the district to make their
candidate known. “You simply otlt-
campaigned me,” Mr. Giesen told the
victor when the results were in, and he
was right.

Although no statistics on voter trends
are available, it seems clear now that
rank-and-file Republicans stayed h : '\e
in droves on election day, s d
Democrats who may have votid

( Republican in the past few elections
[pave begun to return to the old party. If ;
such a trend actually occurred, it may
have lasting implications for the
political situation in this area.

Whether oc not the majority of voters
will continue to vote Democratic or

whether it was just a one-time act of
rebellion remains to be seen. The
performances of Mr. Nolen and his
successful running-mate, Erwin S.
Solomon in the General Assembly, will

be closely watched during the January
session and their chances of future
success will depend, to a large degree,
on how much they accomplish during
their terms there.

Mr. Nolen, as a first term state
senator, will be feeling his way, gaining
experience as an elected official on the
state level, and any major ac-
complishments would have to come as
a surprise. Mr. Solomon, with his
already established contacts at the
state level, may have a chance to make
himself felt sooner than most freshman
delegates. In all probability, voters will
adopt a wait-and-see attitude.

Looming in the future is the regular
election next year. At that time, Mr.
Nolen and Mr. Solomon will come up for
election to their first full terms in the
General Assembly. What the two men
do in January may determine the
longevity of their political careers.

In arty case, Mr. Nolen will not have
an easy time of it, despite his success at
the polls this time around. By next

year, voters may have forgotten
Watergate, and the economy may again
be back on its feet. If such is the case,
area voters may swing back toward the
Republican side of the political coin.
And if Republican J. Marshall
Coleman, the popular member of the
House of Delegates, decides to make a
run for the Senate, Mr. Nolen will again
need all the support he can muster to
retain his prestigious position.

Ho \l 1

In Virginia the Democrats captured
two of the three Congressional districts
in which they had the best chance, but
the one they lost was the one they
wanted most. They campaigned hard
and expensively in the Ninth District,
bringing in outside labor money and
manpower, but they failed to unseat
Republican William Wampler,
although they came close.

I In the other contests in which

\ Democrats made serious challenges,

\ M. Caldwell Butler won handily in the
Sixth Dlsffict, J. Kenneth Robinson in
the Seventh, Robert W. Daniel in the
/ F° urth and G. William Whitehurst in
I the Second. Only one of the three
incumbent Democrats had opposition,
and that was taken — from the U.S.
Labor Party.

The ease with which the Re-
publicans won jn the 2nd, 4th, 6th,
and 7th Districts was something of a
surprise since the Democrats cam-
paigned vigorously and were particu-
larly effective in all but the 6th. Rob-
inson and Daniel were said to be in
trouble, but both won going away.

The two seats won by the Demo-
crats should come as no surprise to
either the winners or losers. They were
the 8th and 10th Districts, in the
northern Virginia, “Washington
bedroom” area. If anything, it is sur-
mising that Republicans held them for

so long, particularly Joel Broyhill who
has represented the 10th since it was
created in 1962. The vote in this area
is predominantly Democrat and to the
left of center, and it was only a matter
of time until the Democrats won both.
This area is more influenced by what
happens in Washington than Rich-
mond; it looks north instead of south,
and a great deal of its population
comes from out of state.

Although the state’s Congressional
delegation is now split 5-5 between the
parties, two of the five Democrats are
among the most conservative Members
of the House — W. C. (Dan) Daniel of
the Fifth District and David E Sat-
terfield III of the Third. Only Thomas
N. Downing of the First can be con-
sidered a national Democrat by par-
ty standards, and even Downing must i
be regarded as more moderate than '
“liberal.” 1

They must be counted as Demo- ,
crats but the national Democrats can’t r
count too much on them to support I
welfare state, big-spending legislation. s

The result: the Democrats im-
proved their position in Virginia, but
not as milch as they hoped and ex-
pected. The story here was about the
same as the story nationally. The out-
come probably surprised both parties,
leaving the Democrats pleased after
hoping for better and the Republicans
gratified 1 after expecting worse.

U0 I 1 KltU>3~ Vi&AlHIthd

1 '

Fitzpatrick Says Democratic Wins
Due to Strong Party-Building Job

RICHMOND, Va. (AP)-Vir-
ginia’s state Republican chair-
man blamed the GOP’s loss
Tuesday of two seats in Congress
on Watergate, but his opposite
number in the Democratic party
disagreed.

“Without Watergate, I’m con-
vinced that all seven of our
candidates would have won re-
" election,” said Del. George
McMath, state GOP chairman.

1 But Joseph T. Fitzpatrick,
state Democratic chairman,
said he didn’t agree that Water-
- gate defeated the two Northern
’ Virginia Republicans who lost
. their seats to Democrats.

“I feel strongly that it was
simply a matter of a tremendous
Democratic party building job in
Northern Virginia paying off,”
he said.

Virginia’s congressional dele-
gation was evened at five Re-
publicans and five Democrats
with the defeat of Reps. Stanford
E. Parris and veteran Joel T.
Broyhill in adjacent districts.

Fitzpatrick, expressing ela-
tion over the outcome, said
statewide vote totals for Re-
publicans and Democrats were
just about even.

“To me, this says that Virgi-
nians will be ready to vote for
Democrats in future Rational
elections,” he said.

But McMath refused to read
any dire implications for the
GOP into the election results. In
fact, he said, “We remain vital
and strong.” •

McMath said Watergate be-
came a significant issue in the
8th and 10th Districts because of
their closeness to the nation’s
capital and greater sensitivity to
scandals there.

Parris was beaten soundly by
Democrat Herbert E. Harris,
vice chairman of the Fairfax
Board of Supervisors, ending a
short national political career
that began when he rode the
Nixon landslide in 1972 to Con-
gress from the Virginia House of
Delegates.

But Democrat Joseph L.
Fisher, a member of the Ar-
lington board, scored a stunning
upset victory over Broyhill, who
has represented the 10th District
since it was formed by reap-
portionment in 1952.

The closest race was in south-
western Virginia’s 9th District,
where Republican Rep. William
C. Wampler narrowly defeated
Democrat Charles J. Horne.

Horne has refused to concede,
and a spokesman at his
headquarters said an investiga-
tion is under way into reports of
electoral irregularities in
several counties.

Fitzpatrick praised Democrat
George H. Gilliam, a Charlot-
tesville city councilman, for

giving GOP Rep. J. Kenneth

Robinson “the run of his life” in
the 7th District, normally strong
Republican territory.

“If Gilliam decides to run
again in 1976,” he said, “I’m
convinced he can win.

But McMath said the district,
which runs from Frederick
County in the northwest to
Hanover County in the south-
east, was susceptible to Water-
gate fallout and the fact that

Robinson got 53 per cent of the
vote was “extremely grat-
ifying.”

Republican Reps. G. William
Whitehurst, M. Caldwell Butler
and Robert R. Daniel and
Democratic Rep. David E. Sat-
terfield III won re-election eas-
ily-

Democratic Reps. Thomas N.
Downing and W. C. Daniel were
unopposed. /

GOP head

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -Virginia’s
state Republican chairman blamed the
GOP’s loss Tuesday of two seats in Con-
gress on Watergate, but his opposite
number in the Democratic party
disagreed.

“Without Watergate, I’m convinced
that all seven of our candidates would
have won re-election,” said Del. George
McMath, state GOP chairman.

But Joseph T. Fitzpatrick, state
Democratic chairman, said he didn’t
agree that Watergate defeated the two
Northern Virginia Republicans who lost
their seats to Democrats.

“I feel strongly that it was simply a
matter of a tremendous Democratic
party building job in Northern Virginia
paying off,” he said.

Virginia’s congressional delegation
was evened at five Republicans and

uifiuttid v

blames Wa

five Democrats with the defeat of Reps.
Stanford E. Parris and veteran Joel T.
Broyhill in adjacent districts.

Fitzpatrick, expressing elation over
the outcome, said statewide vote totals
for Republicans and Democrats were
just about even.

“To me, this says that Virginians will
be ready to vote for Democrats in
future national elections,” he said.

But McMath refused to read any dire
implications for the GOP into the
election results. In fact, he said, “We
remain vital and strong.”

McMath said Watergate became a
significant issue in the 8th and 10th
Districts because of their closeness to
the nation’s capital and greater sensi-
tivity to scandals there.

Parris was beaten soundly by
Democrat Herbert E. Harris, vice

it t) dt/u hio \/ ^

lergate for losses

chairman of the Fairfax Board of
Supervisors, ending a short national
political career that began when he
rode the Nixon landslide in 1972 to Con-
gress from the Virginia House of
Delegates.

But Democrat Joseph L. Fisher, a
member of the Arlington board, scored
a stunning upset victory over Broyhill,
who has represented the 10th District
since it was formed by reap-
portionment in 1952.

The closest race was in southwestern
Virginia’s 9th District, where
Republican Rep. William C. Wampler
narrowly defeated Democrat Charles J.
Horne.

Horne has refused to concede, and a
spokesman at his headquarters said an
investigation is under way into reports

of electoral irregularities in several
counties.

Fitzpatrick praised Democrat
George H. Gilliam, a Charlottesville
city councilman, for giving GOP Rep.
J. Kenneth Robinson “the run of his
life” in the 7th District, normally strong
Republican territory.

“If Gilliam decides to run again in
1976,” he said, “I’m convinced he can
win.”

But McMath said the district, which
runs from Frederick County in the
northwest to Hanover County in the
southeast, was susceptible to Water-
gate fallout and the fact that Robinson
got 53 per cent of the vote was “ex-
tremely gratifying.”

Democratic Reps. Thomas N
Downing and W. C. Daniel were
unopposed.

■ 'i nMmWcI

#fter the elections:
Watergating losses

In the wake of last week’s
elections, in which two of
Virginia’s Republican congress-
men were washed out of office,
analysis among at least some
Republicans, including state
chairman George N. McMath, is
that Watergate did them dirty.

The analysis would seem to fit.
Both losses were in the
moderate-to-liberal suburbs of
Washington, where Watergate
received the most press
coverage. Both losers were
conservative.

Joel T. Broyhill, the Tenth
District incumbent of 20 years
and one of the most powerful
Republicans on the Hill, lost by
10,000 votes. Stanford E. Parris
of the Eighth District lost by

» rly 14,000 votes.

Ilsewhere in the state,
Republicans fared better.

G. William Whitehurst of the
Second District, took 60 per cent
of the vote, despite some last
minute bad press stemming from
personal business difficulties.
The remaining four Republican
incumbents were all reseated,
despite stiff opposition in three
of the races.

For obvious reasons, the
Watergate thesis works well.

Chiefly, it allows the argument
that the two defeats, though
disastrous in the short term,
cast no ill reflection on the
general well being of the state
party.

In effect, the thesis goes, two
losses, three squeaks and two
decisive wins can be considered
quite respectable in what proved
to be a holocaust nationally for
Republicans.

Privately, however, some
state Republican leaders are
having their doubts. While
publicly much attention has been
focused on the Broyhill and
rris defeats, party leaders
Ve turned their attention to
the less often discussed defeat of
A. R. “Pete” Giesen of Staunton
in his bid for the state Senate
seat vacated by H. D. Dawbarn.

Giesen, House minority leader
until his recent resignation to
run for the Senate, was given

heavy odds in winning the
substantially Republican district
against Democrat Frank Nolan.
But when the votes were
counted, Giesen lost, scoring
12,048 against Nolan’s 12,453
votes.

In addition, Gordon Poindext-
er, a Republican from Waynes-
boro who sought Giesen’s
vacated House seat, was
defeated 9,432 to 10,798 by
Democrat Erwin Solomon, com-
monwealth’s attorney for Bath
County.

With Giesen out, Republican
strength in the General Assem-
bly has been reduced to 24, down
from 34 a year ago, and that’s
what has party leaders worried.

“If a guy like this (Giesen) can
be beaten, it’s safe to assume
there isn’t a safe seat in the
assembly,” according to Del. Ray
Garland of Roanoke.

At the least, Garland said, the
loss of seats cuts into the party’s

effectiveness in the General
Assembly.

More important, however, is
the challenge the losses present
to the party’s whole growth
policy of the past five years.

Key to that strategy has been
the sales pitch the party has used

successfully

to . uwl all

tive Democrats — go Republican
and get in on the ground floor of
a future Republican majority.

At times, most notably in the
recent recruitment and pacifica-
tion of Mills E. Godwin, the
strategy has meant not running
against or antagonizing conser-
vative Democrats. Thus in last
week’s election, reportedly at the
insistence of Godwin, three
conservative Democrats were
not challenged.

But, as Garland points out, the
strategy only works when party
ranks are growing.

Facing a status quo, with no
opposition, conservatives will
hardly be inclined to switch over.

“The only way you ever bring
them over is to hold steel to their
throats, and we’re not in a
position to do that now. The
Democratic Party will have to
lose big and serious in order for
the Republicans to come back,”
Garland said.

One immediate result of the
Giesen defeat, according to
Garland, will be a “relaxation of
extreme conservatism in state
party politics.”

Other party regulars are
looking toward direct challenges
to the party’s conservative
leadership.

“In effect,” one regular said,
“their throats are on the line.”

If losses continue, and he
predicted they would, a revolt
could be expected in which the
whole recruitment strategy of
the past five years would be
challenged and conceivably
dumped.

While the recent recruitment
has brought in large numbers of
Democrats, he said, it has been
at the expense of the moderates
and liberals who led the party
through the earlier, leaner years.

But the real price, he said, has
been the resuscitation of the
Democrats, who with the loss of
a strong segment of their conser-
vative faction have been left with
what he called “a mini-FDR
coalition.”

Democrats, meanwhile, are
viewing their victories as proof
of their recovery from the
McGovern debacle two years
ago.

Understandably, they are
watching the growing split
among Republicans with inter-
est.

“The Republicans will appar-
ently swallow anything,” said
Joseph T. Fitzpatrick, state
Democratic Party chairman.
“First they swallowed a former
Democrat for governor (God-
win). Now they’ve got a former
Democrat as party chairman
(McMath). I just wonder how
long before old-line Republicans
will say ‘Now wait, this is our
party and we’re going to lead it.’

“I think it’s coming soon. I

don’t know if it will come in the
emergence of a new leadership in m

the party. ..but there will be
competition developing pretty
soon for leadership,” Fitzpatrick
said.

Fitzpatrick dismissed Water-
gate as the reason behind the
defeat of Broyhill and Parris.

In Broyhill’s case, he said he
thought it was arrogance and
contempt about Watergate,
rather than the issue itself.

He pretended it was a
tempest in a teapot. He didn’t
care how much money he raised
and spent and he didn’t think the
people cared. But they did. And
now Broyhill is politically dead,
that’s D-E-A-D.” □

WEDNESDAY. H9Y p M RgR 6 19Z4

FORGE. VA.,

is frightening for future

Republican M. Caldwell Butler, close, divisive election that put him
who won a three-way race for a back in Congress for a sixth term,
second term in Congress with 45 His opponent, Democrat Charles
percent of the vote, says last Horne, has refused to concede the
night’s nationwide democratic outcome in the down-to-the wire
landslide is frightening for the squeaker that gave Wampler a
future of the country. 2,500 vote margin.

Commenting on the role of
Republican congressmen in the new
“veto-proof Congress”, Butler says
“there are few of us to do the job
that I think is clearly in the public
interest. The question is the extent
to which we’ll be able to control the
extremely liberal people who will
have control of Congress.”

When unofficial counts from all
the district’s 234 precincts were
counted, Butler came away with
less than a majority but with a
convincing 45.4 percent of the votes.

Paul Puckett, Roanoke city
sheriff and the Democratic
candidate; and Warren D.
Saunders, a Bedford County
businessman who ran as the
American party candidate, were
I very close in second place ratings.

Puckett, who carried only two
localities in the big district and lost
heavily in Roanoke and Roanoke
County, had 27 percent of the vote.

Saunders, who ran a campaign
which started early on television
and radio, had 26.2 percent of the
vote.

The fourth man in the race,
Timothy McGay, an Augusta
County farmer who ran as an \
independent with only $1,000 to i
1 spend, counted less than 1.4 percent ]
for his efforts. ]

Wampler said 1

Republican William Wampler, re- i
elected to Congress from the Ninth 1
District, said last night he will do !
everything he can to represent
everyone in his district and to work
with new members of Congress and
the President to fight inflation.

Wampler had been asked how he
t plans to heal the wounds of the

landslide

Second place

5 .

THE DAIIY ADVANCE, Ly.bur*

Va., Wed., Nov. 6, 1974

9 o

for Saunders

Two counties adjoining
Lynchburg Tuesday gave their
top vote in the Sixth District
congressional race to Ameri-
can Party Candidate Warren
D. Saunders.

Saunders Tuesday carried
Amherst County by a slim
margin and his home county of
Bedford by a substantial
margin in his bid for the Sixth
I District congressional seat.

Saunders, who lost the dis-
trict to incumbent Republican
Rep. M. Caldwell Butler in a
four-way race, also carried
Bedford City by a substantial
vote.

In Campbell County, Fifth
District Rep. W. C. (Dan)
Daniel received 6,397 votes in
his unopposed bid for re-elec-
tion.

Seventh district Republican
Rep. J. Kenneth Robinson was
re-elected to a third term, de-

feating Democrat George H.
Gilliam, a Charlottesville law-
yer.

In the congressional race in
Amherst County, Saunders
edged out Democratic hopeful
Paul J. Puckett by the slim
margin of 31 votes.

Butler was in third place in
Amherst County, trailing
Saunders by 266 votes.

Independent candidate
Timothy A. McGay trailed way
behind, receiving a total of
only 39 votes in the county.

A total ot 5,007 Amherst resi-
dents voted Tuesday out of
9,605 registered voters.

Rex Pixley, Amherst County
GOP chairman, said today that
even though Butler lost in the
county he was still pleased
with the results there.

He said the three main con-

loFSaunders was "a “protest”
vote against the present state
of the economy. Had all of this
protest vote gone to Democrat
Puckett “it could have been a
disaster,” Pixley said. He also
said he feels Saunders got a lot
of votes which are basicallv
GOP votes.

“I think we got the right
results in the district,” Pixley
added, “as Butler will stay in
office.”

Frank L. Turner, acting
chairman of the Amherst
County Democratic Commit-
tee, blamed the fact that the
^ „ , Qfo

Butler eyes results

Sixth District Congressman M. Caldwell Butler
goes over election returns with his campaign man-
ager, Jay Langhammer (seated) at Republican
headquarters in Roanoke Tuesday night. Butler was
reelected for another two year term.

(AP Wirephoto)

DAILY yAOVANCE, Lynchburg, Va., Wed., Nov. 6, 1974 5

lere's how area localities
voted in T uesdays election

Here is how area counties
and cities voted Tuesday in the
congressional races and on
such questions as the Sunday
blue law, a proposed constitu-
tional amendment and liquor
by the drink.

All incumbent congressmen
from this area were returned
to office and voters gave their
approval to retention of the
Sunday blue law and to the
proposed amendment to per-
mit state grants to Virginia
students attending private col-
leges.

The liquor by the drink is-
sue was defeated in both
Amherst County and Lex-
I ington.

Amherst County

^AMHERST — American Par-
ty candidate Warren D. Saun-
ders carried Amherst County
by a slim margin Tuesday in a
four way race for the Sixth
District congressional seat.

At the same time, the coun-
ty defeated a drive by local
businessmen to permit liquor
by the drink by a narrow
margin of 174 votes.

The county voted to retain
the Sunday closing law which
prescribes for those com-
mercial operations which are
permitted on the Sabbath.
Also, the county gave its sup-
port to a constitutional amend-
ment that would allow state
/grants for students attending
' private colleges.

In the congressional race,
Saunders edged out Democrat-
ic hopeful Paul J. Puckett by
the slim margin of 31 votes.
Republican incumbent M.
Caldwell Butler landed in third
place and trailed Saunders by
266 votes.

Independent candidate
Timothy A. McGay trailed way
behind the competition with a
total of 39 votes in the county.

• A total of 5,007 residents
|ned out to. vote Tuesday,
ere are 9,605 registered vot-
ers in the county.

Bedford City

BEDFORD - American Par-
ty candidate Warren D. Saun-
ders polled substantially more
votes in the City of Bedford
than either of his opponents
Tuesday night.

Saunders captured 694 votes
to Incumbent Rep. M. Caldwell
Butler’s 459 and Paul J.
Puckett’s 357. Timmothy
McGay, an Independent,
trailed with 12 votes.

The Constitutional Amend-
ment passed in the city by a 657
to 395 margin.

Bedford County V

BEDFORD — American Par-
ty candidate Warren D. Saun-
ders defeated his opponents in
Bedford County Tuesday by
out-polling them by a substan-
tial margin.

Saunders captured over 2,000
votes which was substantially
more than his closest rival in
the county, incumbent M.
Caldwell Butler.

The voter turnout in the
county was very close to the
number of persons who voted
in the gubernatorial race in
1973.

£>uena visia v

BUENA VISTA - Incum-
bent Rep. M. Caldwell Butler
carried Buena Vista strongly
, Tuesday with 357 votes to
I Warren D. Saunders, his
I closest rival with 311 votes.

/ Democrat Paul Puckett
I polled 220 votes followed by
Independent Timothy A.
McGay wil 34 votes.

On the proposed constitu-
tional amendment to allow
state aid to students attending
private colleges, Buna Vist?
residents voted 434 for to 199
against.

In the special state senate
race, Frank W. Nolen polled
422 votes, just 10 votes ahead of
A. R. (Pete) Giesen Jr.

Lexington

LEXINGTON — The home
town of one of Virginia’s
private universities gave a pro-
posed constitutional amend-
ment to allow state aid to stu-
dents at private colleges
almost a three to one majority
in Tuesday’s election.

Lexington voters supported
the proposed amendment by a
1,005 to 383 majority.

In the Sixth District race
Incumbent Rep. M. Caldwell
Butler out polled all three of
his challengers. Butler’s 844-
vote total surpassed the com-
bined votes of Democrat Paul
Puckett and Independents
Warren D. Saunders and
Timothy A. McGay.

Lexington voters also ap-
proved a local option to allow
the sale of alcoholic beverages
by the drink by almost a two to
one margin.

In a special election for the
state senate, Frank W. Nolen
led A. R. (Pete) Giesen Jr. by
651 to 561.

Rockbridge

Inde-

can-

LEXINGTON - In
pendent Sixth District
didate, Timothy A. McGay’s
home county and home pre-
cinct Incumbent Rep. M

iearf W K Butler built str ong

leads, but the tightest race in

the county was the special
state senate race.

Unofficial totals from Rock-
bridge County showed Frank
W. Nolen with a six vote lead
over A. R.(Pete) Giesen in the
.race fur the 24th District Sen-
ate seat.

In McGay’s home district he
polled 46 votes to Butler’s 100
and in the county Butler led
1,214 to 156 for McGay.

The proposed constitutional
amendment carried the county
1,138 votes to 692.

Va.,

«&V. 6 ' 1974 -

,8 THEOWLJL^l^ 1 . I ^ U 1 A

Demo victories end state
GOP majority in Congress

. t u t FicVior a mem- bor Party cardidate Alai

RICHMOND (AP) r Virginia
Democrats were jubilant today
over an election outcome that
ended longtime Republican
domination of the state s con-
gressional delegation.

“This means that Democrats
are coming back together
again,” said a party spokes-
man. “And it sets a solid foun-
dation in terms of our chances
to win new victories in the
years ahead,” he added.

Turned out to political
pasture in Tuesday’s voting
were Republican Reps. Stan-
ford E. Parris of the 8th Dis-
trict and Joel T. Broyhill of the
adjacent Northern Virginia
10th District.

Their defeat produced a 5-5
parity for both Republicans
and Democrats in the state’s
lOmember congressional dele-
gation.

For Parris, who had won a
slim plurality in the 1972 Nixon
landslide, it marked the close
of a brief political career in
Washington. f

After his defeat, Parris said
“we may be down but we sure
as hell are not out “

“This is, and will continue
to be a great country and we
will have individual, economic,
religious and poltical freedom
like no other place on this
earth,” he said. “This country
will survive and the two party
system will survive.”

But for Broyhill, the dean of
the delegation, it represented
the end of an era. He was
elected when the 10th District
was created by reapportion-
ment in 1962 and has held the
seat ever since.

The victor in the 8th District
was Democrat Herbert E.
Harris vice chairman of the
Fairfax Board of Supervisors^

Complete returns showed
Harris with 52,549 votes and
Parris with 38,670.

Broyhill’s nemesis was Dem-

ocrat Joseph L. Fisher, a mem-
ber of the Arlinton County

Board. „ , .

He garnered 66,387 votes to

56,121 for Broyhill.

Not only did the Democrats
win big in the 8th and 10th,
they came within 2 percentage
points of ending the GOP s
long skein of election successes
in the Southwest Virginia 9th
Dis
trict.

But in the last race to be
decided, Rep. William C.
Wampler won a 6th term in a
downto-the-wire squeaker over
Democrat Charles J. Horne.

Horne refused to concede
the outcome even thouh a com-
plete tabulation showed him
trailing Wampler by more
than 2,500 votes.

The final tally was 68,207
votes for Wampler and 65,638
for Horne.

At least some reassurance
was given the Republicans by
the rather easy victories of
their remaining four incum-
bents. .

Retained in office were\

bor Party cardidate Alan R.
Ogden.

Unopposed were Democratic
Reps. Thomas N. Downing of
the 1st District and W. C.
“Dan” Daniel of the 5th Dis-
trict.

Despite a heavy voter turn-
out in some areas, the state-
wide total fell in the vicinity of
the predicted 800,000. This rep-
resented only ablut 40 per cent
of Virginia’s slightly more
than 2 million registered vot-
ers.

Somewhat surprising was
the wide margin by which Vir-
ginians approved a constitu-
tional amendment to permit
direct state financial aid to
private higher education.

It had been feared that the
amendment was in Jeopardy
because of minimal public
knowledge of its implications.

But the final vote count
showed 438,164 for the amend-
ment and 325,718 against.

There was no easy explana-
tion of the failure of Parris
and Broyhill to win re-election.
If these defeats had hap-

Reps 613 ” 6 William” Whitehurst \ pened elsewhere, it might have
of” the 2 nd District, Robert W. been attributed to a backla h
naniPl of the 4th M. Caldwell against Republican scandals in
5 ttjS !*>.!!» j Washington ,n<i a concern

neth Robinson of the 7th.

The only Democratic con-
gressman who faced opposi-
tion, 3rd District Rep. David E.
Satterfield III, scored a pre-
dicted 9-to-l win over U.S. La-

over Inflation by low and

middle income voters. ,

Republican incumbents in
the 4th and 6th districts clearly /
benefited from their involve-/
merit in 3-way contests. /

• l_i * 1

IN AREA ELECTIONS

MSV»

! NJo . 4

• Voters Reluctant For Changes

Area voters seemed reluc-
tant to change things when
they went to the polls Tuesday,
electing incumbent con-
gressmen and voting down
changes in the Sunday closing
! law.

The only exceptions to this
came in less then overwhelm-
ing approval of a proposed
state constitutional amend-
ment in each area and a vote
for a newcomer in Nelson
County.

However, Nelson’s 378 vote
edge for Democrat George H.
Gilliam was not enough to ov-
ercome Incumbent Rep. J.
Kenneth Robinson’s edge is the
rest of the Seventh District as
he was returned for his third
term in the House of Repre-
sentatives.

Pittsylvania County voters
refused to go along with a pro-
posed bond issue to finance a
vocational school while
Campbell and Amherst coun-
ties chose to retain the Blue
Law.

^ Amherst County voters also
Befeated a proposal to allow
^the sale of alcoholic beverages
by the drink.

However, Bedford and
Amherst counties did give in-
dependent Warren D. Saun-
ders an edge over his rivals for

the Sixth District con-
gressional seat. But, this was
not enough to defeat Incum-
bent M. Caldwell Butler.

Amherst County

AMHERST — American Par-
ty candidate Warren D. Saun-
ders carried Amherst County
by a slim margin Tuesday in a
four way race for the Sixth
District congressional seat.

At the same time, the coun-
ty defeated a drive by local
businessmen to permit liquor
by the drink by a narrow
margin of 174 votes.

In the congressional race,
Saunders edged out Democrat-
ic hopeful Paul J. Puckett by
the slim margin of 31 votes.
Republican incumbent M.
CaldwelLButlerJanded inlhird^
place and trailed Saunders by
266 votes.

Independent candidate

Timothy A. 'McGay trailed way
f behind the competition with a

( total of 39 votes in the county.
A total of 5,007 residents
turned out to vote Tuesday.
There are 9,605 registered vot-
ers in the county.

Appomattox

APPOMATTOX - Citizens
of Appomattox County Tues-
day supported a proposed con-
stitutional amendment to al-
low state grants for students
attending private colleges.

At the same time, Democrat-
ic incumbent W. C. “Dan”
Daniel, 5th Congressional Dis-
trict, , .polled 1,118 votes in his
bid for re-election. Daniel was
unopposed.

With only one issue at stake,
voting proved to be extremely
light. A total of 688 voters cast
their ballots in favor of the
constitutional amendment
while 505 voters opposed the
issue.

Bedford City

BEDFORD — American Par-
ty candidate Warren D. Saun-
ders polled substantially more
votes in the City of Bedford

than either of his opponents
Tuesday night.

Saunders captured 694 votes J
to Incumbent Rep. M. Caldwell
Butler's 459 and Paul J./
Puckett’s 357. Timmothy/
McGay, an Independent/
trailed with 12 votes. J

The Constitutional Amend-
ment passed in the city by a 657
to 395 margin.

Bedford County

BEDFORD — American Par-
ty candidate Warren D. Saun-
ders defeated his opponents in
Bedford County Tuesday by
out-polling them by a substan-
tial margin.

Saunders captured over 2,000
votes which was substantially
more than his closest rival in
the county, incumbent M.
Caldwell Butler.

The voter turnout in the
county was very close to the
number of persons who voted
in the gubernatorial race in
1973.

Buena Vista

BUENA VISTA - Incum-
bent Rep. M. Caldwell Butler
carried Buena Vista strongly
See VOTERS, B-3

Lexington

LEXINGTON - The home-
town of one of Virginia’s
private universities gave a pro-
posed constitutional amend-
ment to allow state aid to stu-
dents at private colleges
almost a three to one majority
in Tuesday’s election.

Lexington voters supported
the proposed amendment by a
1,005 to 383 majority.

Lexington voters also ap-
proved a local option to allow
the sale of alcoholic beverages
by the drink by almost a two to
one margin.

In a special election for the
state senate, Frank W. Nolen
led A. R. (Pete) Giesen Jr. by
651 to 561.

Rockbridge c

LEXINGTON - In Inde- t

pendent Sixth District can- |

didate, Timothy A. McGay’s j

home county and home pre-
cinct Incumbent Rep. M. ,

Caldwell Butler built strong ]

leads, but the tightest race in j

the county was the special j

state senate race. »

Unofficial totals from Rock- c
bridge County showed Frank
W. Nolen with a six vote lead
over A. R.(Pete) Giesen in the
race for the 24th District Sen-
ate seat.

In McGay’s home district he
polled 46 votes to Butler’s 100
and in the county Butler led
1,214 to 156 for McGay.

The proposed constitutional j
amendment carried the county
1,138 votes to 692.

Tuesday with 357 votes to
Warren D. Saunders, his
closest rival with 311 votes.

Democrat Paul Puckett
polled 220 votes followed by
Independent Timothy A.
McGay wil 34 votes.

On the proposed constitu-
tional amendment to allow
state aid to students attending
private colleges, Buna Vist?
residents voted 434 for to 199
against.

In the special state senate
race, Frank W. Nolen polled
422 votes, just 10 votes ahead of
A. R. (Pete) Giesen Jr.

ST A TE DELEG A TION

GOP

By GEORGE W. WILBUR

RICHMOND (AP) - Re-
publican dominance of
Virginia’s congressional dele-
gation ended Tuesday with the
election defeat of GOP incum-
bents in the Northern Virginia
8th and 10th Districts.

Soundly trounced was
freshman Rep. Stanford E.
Parris in the 8th. Losing his
bid for a 12th term by a nar-
rower margin in the adjacent
10th was the dean of the state’s
delegation, Rep. Joel T.
Broyhill.

With all of the returns
counted, Parris had 38,670 votes
while his Democratic oppo-
nent, Herbert E. Harris, had
52,549.

Broyhill had 50,794 votes to
60,051 for Democrat Joseph L.
Fisher with 90 per cent of the
10th Distict votes counted.

The loss by Broyhill meant
the district just south of the
Potomac would have a new
congressman for the first time.
The 10th district was created
by reapportionment in 1972
Broyhill won it in the Eisen

Dominance F ades

hower landslide and has held it
ever since.

Four of the five remaining
Republican incumbents were

re-elected and 9th District Rep.
William C. Wampler appeared
headed for a narrow victory
over his Democratic opponent,

Charles J. Horne of Abingdon.

With 97 per cent of the votes
counted, Wampler had 66,571
and Horne 63,085.

A Wampler victory would
put the numerical balance of
the 10-member delegation at
five Democrats and five Re-
publicans.

Democrats had looked to the
9th District as their best
chance for whittling Re-
publican strength but had
rated the 10th district as pre-
senting only an even chance
for an upset.

Winning re-election rather
See GOP, B-3

landily were Republican Reps.
L William Whitehurst in the
nd District, Robert W. Daniel
n the 4th, M. Caldwell Butler
n the 6th, and J. Kenneth Rob-
nson in the 7th.

Declared a winner shortly
ifter the polls had closed at 7
D.m. was Democratic Rep.
)avid E. Satterfield III, who
lad only token 3rd District op-
)osition from U.S. Labor Party
candidate Alan R. Ogden.

With more than half of the
state’s precincts counted, there
seemed little question of voter
approval of a constitutional
amendment that would permit
direct state financial aid to
private hiher education.

The latest tally showed
262,527 in favor of the amend-
nent and 193,888 against.

Returns were available from
only 38 of the 58 localities vot-
ing on the touchy question of
iocal repeal of the state’s Sun-
day closing law.

This showed 18 localities
abolishing local enforcement
and 20 choosing to retain the
law.

The overall vote in Virinia
appeared to be bucking a na-
tional trend of indifference.

Early predictions were that
only about 800,000 Virginians
would vote in what was the
first congressional election
since the exposure of the Wa-
terate coverup, the resignation
and pardon of former Presi-
dent Nixon and the quickening
pace of inflation.

LOCAL

THE NEWS, Lynchburg, Va., Wed., Nov. 6, 1974 B-l

This would be only about 40
per cent of the state’s more
than 2 million voters and con-
siderably fewer than the 1
million-plus who voted in the
gubernatorial election in 1973.

Both Democrats and Re-
publicans were claiming that a
heavy vote would work in their
favor.

Brisk voting was reported
early in the day in the
Northern Virginia, Tidewater
and Roanoke areas. It was slow
in southside Virginia and in
the Richmond area, where
there was only a token con-
gressional race and few local
issues on the ballot.

As the hour for decision ar-
rived, Democrats were count-
ing on the twin issues of inte-
grity in government and eco-
nomic recession to whittle the
Republicans’ 7-3 majority in
Virginia’s congressional dele-
gation.

They looked for gains main-
' ly in the southwest 9th District
and the Northern Virginia 8th
District.

THE NEWS, Lynchburg, Va., Wed., Nov. 6, 1974 B-3

BUTLER VOTES — Incumbent Rep. M. Caldwell are, from left, Mrs. Carlton Waskey, Mrs. Juanita Spencer,

Butler and son, Henry, check in to vote in Sixth District and Mrs. Robbie Booth.

Congressional race. South Roanoke Precinct No. 3 judges

The World-News, Ro anoke, Va., Wednesday, November 6, 1974

0 %i6e Vvet

Icy beer wins
gloomy evening

Ordinarily, I do not clamor to cover the
loser’s headquarters in any contest. Losing
football coaches are positively Neanderthal
in their pronouncements, and losing politi-
cians are not exactly a barrel of laughs,
either.

Last night, however, it took an almost
superhuman effort to tear myself away from,
the headquarters of Paul Puckett, the high, k .
sheriff who stood tall in defeat, especially^
when he was standing next to a huge garbage^
can full of ice and beer that served as a cen-' ;nt
terpiece at Puckett For Congress headquart-'
ers, conveniently located right next door to
the Texas Tavern.

Around the corner at Butler HQ, austerity^
was the watchword. In the words of one cam- ck
paign worker, “this had been the chintziest a( j
campaign Butler’s ever run. We had only two )p .
telephones. And we just won an election and
there ’s not a drink in the house . ’ ’

Indeed, there was very little joy in Mud-
viile last night. The atmosphere at Puckett
headquarters was somewhat loose because
the pain of Puckett’s resounding defeat was
dulled by the news from the idiot box that the
Democrats were whipping the tar out of the
Republicans on a nationwide basis.

1 Winner acts like loser

Around the corner in elephant country,
the revelry was tempered by the national pic-
ture. Nixon’s debacle was hitting the Republi-
cans hard. Butler’s lips tightened as he
watched the national returns on television.

Gary Hart, the golden boy Democrat who
ran George McGovern’s ill fated presidential
campaign, was interviewed on the box and
Butler turned his back in disgust. Moments
later, somebody switched the channel and
there, in living color, was old honest George
himself, back in the driver’s seat again, in
South Dakota, anyway. The channel was
switched back immediately. Smilin’ George
had been banished from the room.

Austerity is everywhere

When the word got out among the Repub-
licans that there was no booze in the house,
and not likely to be any, most of them aban-
doned ship to do their celebrating elsewhere.

By the time the congressman stood to make
his acceptance speech at 10:35, the joint was
half empty.

“I want to thank all of you for the help
you’ve given me,” Butler said rapidly, but by
that time about 50 percent of the crowd was
made up of unbiased newspersons who looked
at one another in wonderment when they
heard these words.

Everybody, it seems, was complaining
about money. The Republican coffers appear
to have dried up somewhat, what with Nixon
banished to his hacienda in San Clemente,
leaving a bitter aftertaste in the mouths of
some of the heavier contributors.

And the Democrats, of course, haven’t

See ICY, Pg. 25, Col. 5 1( .. „ llu , „„

. were dry as

— - a bone. Apparently, the local Republicans

were taking President Ford’s bullet-biting
admonitions to heart, but I still say there is a
limit to everything.

Indeed, it is nice to win (or WIN). But if
you can’t even have a modest slug of brown
likker to celebrate, one wonders if it is even
worth it.

’ii gloom

i nest was
here was a
i rotten old

U Anri no

The World-News, Tln anoke. Va.. Wednesday, November 6, 197 4

f Around the corner in elephant country,
the revelry was tempered by the national pic-
ture. Nixon’s debacle was hitting the Republi-
cans hard. Butler’s lips tightened as he
watched the national returns on television.

Austerity is everywhere

beer wins
loom

nj.r

When the word got out among the Repub-
licans that there was no booze in the house,
and not likely to be any, most of them aban-
doned ship to do their celebrating elsewhere.
By the time the congressman stood to make
his acceptance speech at 10:35, the joint was
half empty.

“I want to thank all of you for the help
,»you’ve given me,” Butler said rapidly, but by
„ that time about 50 percent of the crowd was
> made up of unbiased newspersons who looked
at one another in wonderment when they
heard these words.

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beer winner in evening of election-return glo

Indeed, there was very little joy in Mud-
ville last night. The atmosphere at Puckett
headquarters was somewhat loose because
the pain of Puckett’s resounding defeat was
dulled by the news from the idiot box that the
Democrats were whipping the tar out of the
Republicans on a nationwide basis.

. Winner acts like loser

From Page 23

had enough to buy a cup of coffee for years.

‘‘We needed more money,” moaned Puck-
ett. He claimed that Warren Saunders spent
$60,000 on his campaign, and that Butler spent
“about $40,000.” Puckett added that he spent
$22,000, “and $6,000 of that was mine.”

The Democratic headquarters were prop-
erly stark, except for that blessed garbage
can There were a few metal folding chairs
scattered about, and in the traditional back
room, there was a ratty couch which had
been donated to the cause by a junk shop op-
erator .

Surprisingly, the Republican nest was
more modest than usual True, there was a
carpet on the floor, but it was a rotten old
beige thing with spots all over it. And, as
mentioned earlier, the festivities were dry as
a bone. Apparently, the local Republicans
were taking President Ford’s bullet-biting
admonitions to heart, but I still say there is a
limit to everything.

Indeed, it is nice to win (or WIN). But if
you can’t even have a modest slug of brown
likker to celebrate, one wonders if it is even
worth it.

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paign Workers in 6th
utler for Easy Victory

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By RAY REED
Times Staff Writer

Rep. M. Caldwell Butler attributed his
election to a second term Tuesday night to
"the best campaign organization in the 6th
District” and shied away from questions
about Watergate.

Butler said the Republican party workers
"were the difference in the campaign, the
margin of victory.”

He refused to say whether his votes on the
House Judiciary Committee to impeach for-
mer President Nixon on two counts might
have contributed to his wide victory margin.

“I haven’t had time to analyze the results
of the election,” he said. “I don’t know where
the votes came from.”

He admitted “it was a bad year for Re-
publicans across the country,’, but on that
matter too, he “reserved judgment” on
whether Watergate issues were responsible
for GOP losses.

Butler made his victory statement in his
campaign headquarters hours after the out-
come of the election was apparent. He waited
until concession statements were issued by
his two strongest opponents, Democrat Paul
Puckett and American party candidate War-
ren Saunders.

The mood of Butler’s campaign workers
and supporters was one of quiet assurance
throughout the evening. They were more con-
cerned about Rep. William Wampler’s close
race against Democrat Charles Home in the
9th District, and Democratic upsets of Repub-
lican congressmen in the 8th and 10th dis-
tricts.

The only concern for Butler’s success was
reflected by Butler supporters when early re-
turns from Roanoke City and Roanoke County
gave their candidate only a slim margin over
Saunders.

Butler quickly surged ahead, and several
supporters started going home. The ones who
stayed were impatient for concession state-
ments from Puckett and Saunders so they
could go home, too.

Butler’s arrival at the headquarters,
around 9 p.m. was greeted by almost casual
handshakes and congratulatory messages.

Both Butler and Puckett expressed admi-

Times Photo toy — ,

Butler Gets Returns by Phone

ration for the effectiveness of Saunders’ cam-
paign. Both also noted Saunders seemed to
have a large amount of money to spend.

“He spent a great deal of money and he
spent it wisely,” Butler said. He attributed
the effectiveness of Saunders’ campaign to
advertising and listening to the grievances of.
the electorate.

Butler said he thought most of the support
Saunders received came from people dissatis-
fied with Butler’s performance. The congress-
man said he thought Puckett's votes
represented “basic, fundamental, raw, primi-
tive Democratic support.”

Puckett, however, claimed he was under-
cut by Saunders. “I think without a doubt Mr.
Saunders took votes from us that we might
have had,” Puckett said.

The Roanoke sheriff said he was disap-
pointed by Roanoke Valley returns. Saunders,
he said, “had a way of presenting his issues
that caught on with our people.”

“I think if we had that same amount of
money (as' Saunders) we would have won in
Roanoke,” Puckett said.

The mood at his campaign headquarters
started out as optimistic, and when returns
started going against Puckett, hopes were
buoyed by the Democratic party s strong
showing nationally.

Puckett delayed his concession as long as
possible, at one point posing for photogra-
phers with a knife in his hand to cut a cake
with “Puckett for Congress” icing.

Saunders, although he ran strongly in sev-
eral areas, carried only Bedford City and
county in early returns. He remarked mat
“people in Bedford County and Bedford City
got better taste than some people.”

After the outcome was apparent, Saun-
ders said, wearily, “we gave it a whirl.

“I just think the people failed to realize
the condition that the country is in, and in the
next 12 to 18 months, they are going to find
out.”

George Melton, Saunders’ campaign coor-
dinator, said the defeat was “worse than we
' anticipated. Any time you are building a third
party, you are working with all volunteer and
inexperienced help.

“It was professionals against volunteers
is what it boils down to.”

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GOP dominance ends

Staunton, Va., Leader, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1974

RICHMOND (AP)— Virginia Democrats
were jubilant today over an election '
outcome that ended longtime Republican
domination of the state’s congressional
delegation.

“This means that Democrats are
coming back together again,” said a party
spokesman. “And it sets a solid foundation
in terms of our chances to win new vic-
tories in the years ahead,” he added.

Turned out to political pasture in
Tuesday’s voting were Republican Reps.
Stanford E. Parris of the 8th District and
Joel T. Broyhill of the adjacent Northern
Virginia 10th District.

Their defeat produced a 5-5 parity for
both Republicans and Democrats in the

state’s 10-member congressional delega-
tion.

For Parris, who had won a slim plurality
in the 1972 Nixon landslide, it marked the
close of a brief political career in
Washington.

After his defeat, Parris said “we may be
down but we sure as hell are not out.“

“This is, and will continue to be a great
country and we will have individual,
economic, religious and political freedom
like no other place on this earth,” he said.
“This country will survive and the two
party system will survive.”

But for Broyhill, the dean of the
delegation, it represented the end of an
era. He was elected when the 10th District

Complete returns showed Harris with
52,549 votes and Parris with 38,670.

Broyhill’s nemesis was Democrat
Joseph L. Fisher, a member of the
Arlinton County Board.

He garnered 66,387 votes to 56,121 for
Broyhill.

Not only did the Democrats win big in
the 8th and 10th, they came within 2 per-
centage points of ending the GOP’s long

skein of election successes in the South-
west Virginia 9th District.

But in the last race to be decided, Rep.
William C. Wampler won a 6th term in a
down-to-the-wire squeaker over Democrat
Charles J. Horne.

Horne refused to concede the outcome
even thouh a complete tabulation showed
him trailing Wampler by more than 2,500
votes.

The final tally was 68,207 votes for
Wampler and 65,638 for Horne.

At least some reassurance was given the
Republicans by the rather easy victories of
their remaining four incumbents.

Retained in office were Reps. G. William

(See GOP, Page 2)

was created by reapportionment in 1952
and has held the seat ever since.

The victor in the 8th District was
Democrat Herbert E. Harris, vice
chairman of the Fairfax Board of
Supervisors.

Whitehurst of the 2nd District, Robert W.
Daniel of the 4th, M. Caldwell Butler of the
6th and J. Kenneth Robinson of the 7th.

The only Democratic congressman who
faced opposition, 3rd District Rep. David
E Satterfield III, scored a predicted 9-to-l
win over U.S. I-abor Party candidate Alan

R. Ogden. .

Unopposed were Democratic Reps.
Thomas N. Downing of the 1st District and
W C. “Dan” Daniel of the 5th District.

Despite a heavy voter turnout in some
areas, the statewide total fell in the
vicinity of the predicted 800,000. This
represented only ablut 40 per cent of
Virginia’s slightly more than 2 million

[SgM have been even lower if it hadn’t
4mor spirited interest in a number of

'° Chief among these was the question of
'ocalrepeal of the state’s Sunday closing
which appeared on the ballot in

counties and 26 cities.

Repeal was successful in 20 counties and
nine cities, well below the success
predicted before the election by repeal
proponents.

Somewhat surprising was the wide
margin by which Virginians approved a
constitutional amendment to permit direct
state financial aid to private higher
education.

It had been feared that the amendment
was in jeopardy because of minimal public
knowledge of its implications.

But the final vote count showed 438,164
for the amendment and 325,718 against.

Narrowly rebuffed in his attempt to fill a
vacancy in the Virginia Senate was House
Minority Leader A. R. “Pete” Giesen of
Staunton. He was defeated by Democrat
Frank W. Nolen of Augusta County, who
had 12,449 votes to Giesen’s 12,042.

Filling Giesen’s seat in the House was
Bath County Commonwealth’s Atty. Erwin
S. Solomon. He eased past Republican
Gordon W. Poindexter of Waynesboro,
10.850 votes to 9,432.

There was no easy explanation of the
failure of Parris and Broyhill to win re-
election.

If these defeats had happened
elsewhere, it might have been attributed to
a backlash against Republican scandals in
Washington and a concern over inflation
by low and middle income voters.

But both districts represent the bedroom
communities of the nation’s capital and
their voters tend to be more affluent and
less readily shocked by political
chicanery.

A geographical analysis of the election
result, in fact, appeared to indicate that,
except for the 9th District, the further
away from Washington the easier it was
for Republican incumbents to retain their
seats. /

I State Democrats Jubilant
rWith Congressional Gains

RICHMOND ( AP )-V irginia
Democrats were jubilant today
over an election outcome that
ended longtime Republican do-
mination of the state’s congres-
sional delegation.

Turned out to political pas-
ture in Tuesday’s voting were
Republican Reps. Stanford E.
Parris of the 8th District and
Joel T. Broyhill of the adjacent
Northern Virginia 10th District.

Their defeat produced a 5-6
parity for both Republicans and
Democrats in the state’s 10-

member congressional delega-
tion.

For Parris, who had won a
slim plurality in the 1972 Nixon
landslide, it marked the close
of a brief political career in
Washington.

But for Broyhill, the dean of
the delegation, it represented
the end of an era. He was elect-
ed when the 10th District was
created by reapportionment in
1952 and has held the seat ever
since.

The. victor in the 8th District
was Democrat Herbert E. Har-
ris, vice chairman of the Fair-
fax Board of Supervisors.

Complete returns showed
Harris with 52,549 votes and
Parris with 38,670.

Broyhill’s nemesis was

Democrat Joseph L. Fisher, a
member of the Arlinton County
Board.

He garnered 66,387 votes to
56,121 for Broyhill.

Not only did the Democrats
win big in the 8th and 10th,
they came within 2 percentage
points of ending the GOP’s long
skein of election successes in
the Southwest Virginia 9th Dis-
trict.

But in the last race to be de-
cided, Rep. William C. Wam-
pler won a 6th term in a down-
to-the-wire squeaker over
Democrat Charles J. Horne.

Horne refused to concede the
outcome even thou a complete
tabulation showed him trailing

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STATE VOTE

(Continued from Page 1)

Wampler by more than 2,500
votes.

The final tally was 68,207
votes for Wampler and 65,638
for Home.

At least some reassurance
was given the Republicans by
the rather easy victories of
their remaining four in-
cumbents.

Retained in office were Reps.
G. William Whitehurst of the
2nd District, Robert W. Daniel
of the 4th, M. Caldwell Butler
of the 6th and J. Kenneth Rob-
inson of the 7th.

The only Democratic con-
gressman who faced opposition,
3rd District Rep. David E. Sat-
terfield III, scored a predicted
9-to-l win over U.S. Labor Par-
ty candidate Alan R. Ogden.

Unopposed were Democratic
Reps. Thomas N. Downing of
the 1st District and W. C.
“Dan” Daniel of the 5th Dis-
trict.

Despite a heavy voter turnout
in some areas, the statewide to-
tal fell in the vicinity of the
predicted 800,000. This repre-
sented only about 40 per cent of
Virginia’s slightly more than 2
million registered voters.

It might have been even low-
er if it hadn't been for spirited
interest in a number of local is-
sues.

Chief among these was the
question of local repeal of the
state’s Sunday closing law,
which appeared on the ballot in
31 counties and 26 cities.

Repeal was successful in 20
counties and nine cities, well
below the success predicted be
fore the election by repeal
proponents.

Somewhat surprising was th(
wide margin by which Virgi
nians approved a constitutions
amendment to permit direc
state financial aid to private
higher education.

r * 1 - * 1 r o ^ r-rv/'l thnf fhi

(\)o k

Vents Recapture Two
Area Assembly Seats

By BROWER YORK JR.

* N-V Staff Writer
A well-oiled Democratic
organization recaptured two
legislative seats in special
elections yesterday to end a
seven-year Republican
domination of the area’s
representation in Richmond.

Democrat Frank W. Nolen,
chairman of the Augusta County
I Board of Supervisors, won a seat
in the State Senate with a slim
407-vote margin over
Republican Arthur R. Giesen Jr.
of Staunton.

And Democrat Erwin S.
“Shad” Solomon of Bath County
won 54 per cent of the vote in the
15th Legislative District to teat
! Republican Gordon W. Pom-
dexter Jr. of Waynesboro.

Both victors will hold thei ’

I seats in the General Assembly
for only one year before facing,
"^e voters again in next year’s
Pgular legislative elections.

Nolen, in winning 50.83 per
cent of the votes, carried
| Augusta and Rockbridge
Counties and the city of Buena
Vista. Giesen, with 49.12per cent
of the district vote, carried
Waynesboro, Staunton,
Lexington, and Highland
County.

Solomon, who scored a 1,546-
yote plurality over his
Republican opponent, carried
Staunton, Augusta, Highland,
and Bath. Poindexter won only
in his hometown of Waynesboro.

Mr. Giesen acknowledged the
end of his 11-year political
career in the State Legislature
at 9:40 p.m. when he conceded
the election in a telephone call to
his victorious rival.

The veteran legislator, who
had served as House minority
leader until last September
when he resigned his seat in a
bid for the Senate, congratulated
his Democratic opponent for
“running a very exceptional
"oaign.”

• told Mr. Nolen that “You
out-campaigned us; that
* in the vote.”

> j Mr. Giesen offered senator-
r ^ect Nolen “any help I can give
PP4 while you are down there (in
Richmond),” and told him to
“have a good celebration.”

Mr. Nolen, at the time, was
sharing the limelight with
delegate-elect Solomon at a
rousing Democratic victory
celebration at Staunton’s
Holiday Inn North.

A much smaller crowd of
Republican supporters who had
gathered at Staunton’s
Stonewall Jackson Hotel for a
planned victory party broke up
early when it became apparent
that the tide had turned against
them.

Mr. Giesen told the somber
gathering that the election
results showed that Democrats
had “learned their lesson well”
and challenged GOP leaders and
campaign workers to “re-double
our efforts to re-capture the
spirit and organization we have
jWd in the past.”

I He commended area .
Democrats for “doing well the
techniques they have learned
from the Republicans and doing
it even more effectively than we
did this time.”

In his own analysis of the
election results, Mr. Giesen
acknowledged superior
Democratic organization and
financing as a major factor in
. the Repu blican loss. And he said,

*1 think there may have been
some effect from Watergate,
which we perhaps had un-
derestimated.”

But Mr. Giesen took con-
solation in the fact that he lost by
only 407 votes out of 24,978 cast in
the 24th Senatorial District and
indicated that he would try again
next year. “I have cherished my
11 years in the House; perhaps I

tin Augusta County, Nolen
captured 55 per cent of the vote,
to 45 per cent for Giesen.
Solomon won in Augusta County
with 53 per cent of the vote, to 47
per cent for Poindexter.

Staunton gave 55 per cent of
the vote to Solomon and 45 per
cent to Poindexter. Giesen won
in Staunton with 51 per cent, to 49
per cent for Nolen.

Staunton scored the best voter
turn-out of the three area
localities, with 60 per cent of its
9,182 registered voters going to
tiie polls. In Waynesboro, 59 pef
cent of the city’s 7,173 registered
voters cast a ballot yesterday. In
Augusta County, 57 per cent of
toe 16,253 registered voters went
to the polls.

(domination began in 1967 with
Dawbam’s defeat of veteran
legislator George M. Cochran.

Voting in the special
legislative elections was strictly
along party lines in Waynesboro
i and Augusta County.

I - Without exception, every city
L ward or county precinct voted
p either for both Democratic
Sj candidates or both Republican
candidates, with practically no
evidence of ticket splitting.

Here in Waynesboro,
Democrats Nolen and Solomon
carried the first and third wards,
giving up the second and fourth
to Republicans Giesen and
Poindexter.

In Augusta County, the story
was the same, with both
Democratic candidates winning
in Jollivue, Sandy Hollow,
Grimora, New Hope, Buffalo
Gap, Churchville, CTaigsville,
Greenville, Middlebrook,
Spottswood, Sherando, Dooms,
and Fishersville.

The two Republican can-
didates won in Wilson, Weyers
Cave, North River, Ft. Defiance,
Verona, Deerfield, Stuarts
Draft, and Ladd.

Solomon carried all five of
Staunton’s wards, with Nolen
winning only in the first and
second.

Giesen and Poindexter each
won 52 per cent of the vote in
Waynesboro, with their
Democratic opponents gar-
nering 48 per cent.

tnay add to that in the future,”
he said.

Of his running mate, Mr.
Giesen said, “I have enjoyed
very much running with Gordon.
He’s a fine man who cam-
paigned extremely hard.”

Following his defeat, Mr.
Poindexter said it had been “an
interesting race, but it just
wasn’t a Republican year in this
area.” He said the Democrats
were “well organized and they
out-hustled us.”

Mr. Poindexter told his
gathering of supporters that
“starting tomorrow, we will
begin work again,” explaining to
a reporter later that he would be
interested in seeking his party
nomination in 1975 for another
try for a House seat.

He congratulated both
Democratic victors for the type
-sLcamoaien they conducted and.
said he will follow them in
Richmond with interest.”
Nolen’s total vote in the
Senatorial district was 12,449,
with 12,042 votes for Giesen.
Solomon polled 10,978 votes in
the legislative contest, with 9,432
for Poindexter.

The two special legislative
elections, the only two in the
state, were brought about by
former Sen. H. Dunlop
Dawbarn’s announcement on
Sept. 5 that he would resign the
seat a year before the end of his
second term to devote full-time
to nrivate business.

Mr. Giesen announced six
days later that he would resign
his House seat to run for the
State Senate. His defeat and that
of Mr. Poindexter leaves Del. J.
Marshall Coleman as the area’s
only Republican legislator.

The Republican trend began in
1961 when Mr. Giesen came
within 92 votes of infiltrating
what had been a solid
Democratic stronghold. It came
into clear focus two years later
when Mr. Giesen won an easy
election on his second try for the
House of Delegates.

The Democrats lost their
second House seat in 1965 with
the election of former delegate
O. Beverley Roller. Republican

News Virginian November 6, 1974

15th Legislative District

Poindexter

Solomon

Waynesboro

2,150

1,963

Staunton

2,363

2,902

Augusta

4,097

4,612

Highland

355

505

Bath

467

996

TOTAL

9,432

10,978

24th Senatorial District

Giesen

Nolen

Waynesboro

2,198

1,992

Staunton

2,779

2,632

Buena Vista

412

422

Lexington

730

651

Augusta

4,075

5,015

Highland

476

359

Rockbridge

. 1,372

1,378

TOTAL

12,042

12,449

■ . DAILY ADVANCE, Lynchburg, Va., Thurs., Nov. 7, 1974

Watergate draws
blame for losses
by Virginia GOP

RICHMOND (AP) -
Virginia’s state Republican
chairman blamed the OOP’s
loss Tuesday of two seats in
Congress on Watergate, but his
1 opposite number in the Demo-
1 cratic party disagreed,
i “Without Watergate, I’m
i convinced that all seven of our
candidates would have won
reelection,” said Del. George
McMath, state GOP chairman.

\ But Joseph T. Fitzpatrick,
\ state Democratic chairman,
said he didn’t agree that Wa-
tergate defeated the two
Northern Virginia Republicans
who lost their seats to Demo-
crats.

“I feel strongly that it was
simply a matter of a tremen-
dous Democratic party build-
ing job in Northern Virginia
paying off,” he said.

Virginia’s congressional del-
egation was evened at five Re-
publicans and five Democrats
with the defeat of Reps. Stan-
ford E. Parris and veteran Joel
T. Broyhill in adjacent dis-
tricts.

Fitzpatrick, expressing ela-
tion over the outcome, said
statewide vote totals for Re-
publicans and Democrats were
just about even.

“To me, this says that Vir-

ginians will be ready to vote
for Democrats in future na
tional elections,” he said.

But McMath refused to read
any dire implications for the
GOP into the election results.
In fact, he said, “We remain
vital and strong.”

McMath said Watergate
became a significant issue in
the 8th and 10th Districts
because of their closeness to
the nation’s capital and greater
sensitivity to scandals there.

Parris was beaten soundly
by Democrat Herbert E.
Harris, vice chairman of the
Fairfax Board of Supervisors,
ending a short national politi-
cal career that began when he
rode the Nixon landslide in
1972 to Congress from the Vir-
ginia House of Delegates.

But Democrat Joseph L.
Fisher, a member of the Ar-
lington board, scored a stun-
ning upset victory over
Broyhill, who has represented
the 10th District since it was
formed by reapportionment in
1952.

The closest race was in
southwestern Virginia’s 9th
District, where Republican
Rep. William C. Wampler nar-
rowly defeated Democrat
Charles J. Horne.

Horne has refused to con-
cede, and a. spokesman at his
headquarters said an investiga-
tion is under way into reports
of electoral irregularities in
several counties.

Fitzpatrick praised Demo-
crat George H. Gilliam, a
Charlottesville city coun-
cilman, for giving GOP Rep. J.
Kenneth Robinson “the run of
his life” in the 7th District,
normally strong Republican
territory.

“If Gilliam decides to run
again in 1976,” he said, “I’m
convinced he can win.

But McMath said the dis-
trict, which runs from
Frederick County in the
northwest to Hanover County
in the southeast, was suscepti-
ble to Watergate fallout and
the fact that Robinson got 53
per cent of the vote was “ex-
tremely gratifying.”

Republican Reps. G. Wil-
liam Whitehurst, M. Caldwell
Butler and Robert R. Daniel
and Democratic Rep. David E.
Satterfield III won re-election
easily.

Democratic Reps. Thomas
N. Downing and W. C. Daniel
were unopposed.

X .

■ — THE N EWS, Lynchburg, Va., Thu rs., Nov. 7, 1974

Democrats Elated
By Election Gain

By GEORGE W. WILBUR

Associated Press Writer

RICHMOND (AP) - While
Virginia Democrats were
elated Wednesday over their
election gains, a state Re-
publican leader was blaming
the loss of two congressional
seats on the Watergate fallout.

“Without Waterate, I’m con-
vinced that all seven of our
candidates would have won
reelection,” said Del. George
McMath, state GOP chairman.

But all seven didn’t win. In-
stead, the Republicans saw
their 7-3 congressional majori-
ty wiped out with the defeat of
Reps. Stanford E. Parris in the
Jfth District and veteran Joel T.
fBroyhill in the adjacent 10th.

This left the state’s 10-mem-
ber delegation split between
five Democrats and five Re-
publicans.

Joseph T. Fitzpatrick, state
Democratic chairman, viewed
the outcome of Tuesday’s elec-
tion in a sharply different
light.

“I don’t agree that Water-
gate defeated Parris and
Broyhill,” he said.

“I feel strongly that it was
simply a matter of a tremen-
dous Democratic party build-
ing job in Northern Virinia
paying off,” he added.

Fitzpatrick said that an
analysis of the statewide re-
turns gave him every reason to
be elated over the election out-
come.

He noted that with the ex-
ception of the 2nd District
where Republican Rep. G. Wil-
liam Whitehurst retained his
seat with 60 per cent of the
vote, other GOP incumbents
won with either a plurality or a
modest majority.

Actually, Fitzpatrick said,
the statewide vote totals for
Republicans and Democrats
were just about even.

“To me, this says that Vir-
ginians will be ready to vote
for Democrats in future na-
tional elections,” he said.

But McMath refused to read
any dire implications for the
GOP into the election results.
In fact, he said, “We remain
vital and strong.”

He said that Watergate
became a significant issue in
the 8th and 10th Districts

because of their proximity to
the nation’s capital and greater
sensitivity to its assorted scan-
dals.

McMath said he didn’t be-
lieve that mounting economic
problems figured strongly in
any of the races.

“Virginia’s congressmen
have been strongly identified
with sound fiscal policies and I
don’t think anyone succeeded
in tarnishing that image,” he
said.

Thrashing

Parris’ sound thrashing by
Democrat Herbert E. Harris,
vice chairman of the Fairfax
Board of Supervisors, ended a
brief national political career
that began when he moved
from the Virginia House of
Delegates to Congress in the
Nixon landslide of 1972.

The stunning victory of
Democrat Joseph L. Fisher, a
member of the Arlington
Board, over Broyhill, however,
ended the Republicans’ ex-
clusive control over the 10th
District since it was formed by
reapportionment in 1952.

Broyhill won the seat the
first time out and has retained
it ever since.

- Most disappointing to
Fitzpatrick and most grat-
ifying to McMath was the abili-
ty of 9th District Republican
Rep. William C. Wampler to
scorn predictions and win a
narrow victory over Democrat
Charles J. Horne.

But Fitzpatrick noted that
iorne was still refusing to con-
ede and said, “I m convinced
e’ll ask for a recount if the
official vote totals show him
trailing by 1 per cent or less.”
The unofficial returns gave
Wampler 68,207 votes, or 51 per
cent, and Horne 65,638 votes, or
49 per cent.

A spokesman at Horne’s
headquarters said an investiga-
tion is under way into “wide-
spread reports of electoral ir-
regularities in several coun-

Hp« m *

He said these reports in-
cluded questionable absentee
ballots, people being led into
the voting booth without ask-
ing for assistance or being
turned away from the polls on
grounds that they were im-
properly registered.

Both party leaders found
cause for optimism in the 7th
District race, where Re-
publican J. Kenneth Robinson
defeated- Democrat George H.
Gilliam, a Charlottesville city
councilman, with 53 per cent of
the vote.

McMath said the 7th District,
which ranges from Frederick
County in the northwest to
Hanover County in the south-
east, was also susceptible to
Watergate fallout. The fact
that Robinson did as well as he
did, he said, was “extremely
gratifying.”

Fitzpatrick said that he was
heartened by the fact that
“Gilliam gave Robinson the
run of his life” in what nor-
mally is strong Republican ter-
ritory.

“If Gilliam ' decides to run
again in 1976,” he added, “I’m
convinced he can win.”

The Democratic chairman
was particularly scornful of
the 4th District independent
candidacy of the Rev. Curtis
W. Harris, whom he blamed
for the failure of Democrat
Lester E. Schlitz to upend Re-
publican Rep. Robert W.
Daniel.

Daniel garnered 45,795 votes,
or 47 per cent, while Schlitz
had 37,324 votes, or 36 per cent.

Fitzpatrick said he felt that
enough of the 17,466 votes that
went to Harris would have
gone to Schlitz in a two-man
trace and assured Daniel’s de-
' feat.

A 3-way contest in the 6th
•District similarly helped as-
sure the re-election of Re-
publican Rep. M. Caldwell But-
ler, though most observers feel
he would have won regardless
Butler had 45,795 votes to
27,329 for Democrat Paul
Pucket and 26,470 for independ-
ent Warren D. Saunders.

Not Worried

Virginia’s three Democratic
congressmen had nothing to
worry about in Tuesday’s elec-
tion.

Reps. Thomas N. Downing
of the 1st District and W. C.
“Dan” Daniel of the 5th ran
unopposed, while Rep. David
E. Satterfield III of the 3rd
District had opposition in
name only.

tempt to move into a 'Senate*
vacancy was House Minority
Leader A. R. “Pete” Giesen of
Staunton:

THE ROANOKE TIMES. Thursday. November 7, 1974

GOP Chief Links Defeats

In State to Watergate Era

By DON HARRISON
Times Richmond Bureau
RICHMOND - The Water-
gate affair, its shadow lurking
over the front yard of the 10th
District in Northern Virginia
and the backyard of the 8th
District, cost Republican in-
cumbents their congressional
seats in Tuesday’s election,
the state GOP chairman said
Wednesday.

McMath said that had it not
been for Watergate, “there
would have been an over-
whelming victory for all Re-
publican candidates, because
the Republican party best rep-
resents the philosophy of Virgini-
ans.”

Joseph T. Fitzpatrick, state
Democratic chairman, saw
the election outcome in a dif-
ferent light.

“I don’t agree that Water-

defeated (Rep. Stanfo-
rd E. Parris of the 8th
District) and Broyhill (Rep.
Joel T. Broyhill of the 10th Dis-
trict),” Fitzpatrick said.

“I feel strongly that it was
simply a matter of a tremen-

dous Democratic party bui-
lding job in Northern Virginia
paying off,” he added.

Fitzpatrick said that an
analysis of the statewide re-
turns gave him every reason
to be elated over the election
outcome.

Actually, Fitzpatrick said,
the statewide vote totals for
Republicans and Democrats
were just about even.

“To me, this says that Vir-
ginians will be ready to vote
for Democrats in future na-
tional elections,” he said.

But McMath refused to read
any dire implications for the

See Page 3, Col. 1

GOP into the election results.

In fact, he said, “We remain
vital and strong.”

McMath said he generally
was pleased that Five Republi-
cans had held their seats. At
one point early Wednesday, he
termed the election as a “five-
sevenths victory” for Republi-
cans.

McMath discounted the
economy and inflation as
heavy issues in the vote Tues-
day. “I don’t think it was a big
factor in Virginia as it might
have been in other states,” he
said. “It seems to me that the
seven incumbent Republicans
were well-known for their an-
ti-inflation stands and sound
fiscal policy positions. There,
was no way to tie the seven
men to the economic problems
of the day.”

Fitzpatrick told reporters he
thought Democratic challen-
gers “ran some good races” in
other districts where there
were contests. “With a break
here or there, we could have
won” in two other districts —
the 9th and 4th, Fitzpatrick
said.

> He said he was most disap-
pointed at the Democrats’ loss
in the 9th District and most
bitter about the loss in the 4th
District.

Democrat Charles J. Home
of Abingdon lost by a thin margi-
n in the mountainous 9th District-
to incumbent Rep. William C.
Wampler. Fitzpatrick has
scheduled a news conference
at 1 p.m. today, but declined to
elaborate on a hint Wednesday
that there may be a recount in
the Home-Wampler race. I

Del. Lester Schlitz of Ports-
mouth lost to incumbent Rep.
Robert W. Daniel by about a
10,000-vOte margin in the 4th
district, according to the uno-
fficial count. The Rev. Curtis
W. Harris trailed third, and
most observers suggest that
Harris’ race cost Schlitz some
Democratic votes.

McMath said he thought
Home gave Wampler such a
close race because of a well-
financed campaign and be-
cause Wampler was “tied up
in Congress and was carrying
on his duties during much of
the campaign.”

As for Republican incum-
bent Caldwell Butler’s win in
the 6th District, McMath said
he was “delighted over such a
great victory— we thought
he’d win big, and I think it’s a
real tribute to him that he got
the percentage he did with a
three-way race . .

IHEJMANOKE TIMES, Thu rsdoy, November 7. 1 974

Gains, Losses Make Strange Day
For Republicans in Shenandoah

By BEN BEAGLE
Times Staff Writer

Wednesday was a strange, bitter-
sweet day for middle Shenandoah Valley
Republicans who helped substantially
Tuesday in re-electing a 6th District con-
gressman but, in the same election, saw a
crack in GOP domination of state legisla-
tive seats that had lasted a decade.

Voters in the Staunton-Waynesboro-
Augusta-Rockbridge area gave over-
whelming and crucial support to Rep. M.
Caldwell Butler in sending him back to
Washington for a second time. It was a
four-way, chancy race.

But the same voting lost the Republi-
cans a State Senate seat and a seat in the
'House of Delegates.

Arthur R. “Pete” Giesen Jr., who had
taken Butler’s place as minority speaker
in the House and had become a GOP star
attraction, lost his bid for the Senate seat*
to Democrat Frank Nolen, popular chair-
man of the Augusta County Board of Su-

In making the race for the Senate,
Giesen had resigned his House seat and
Waynesboro Republican Gordon Poindex-
ter, seeking to retain the seat for the
GOP, lost to Erwin S. “Shad” Solomon,
the Democratic commonwealth’s attor-
ney in Bath County.

There was immediate conjecture
about how long the Democratic breach of
the state legislature would last— with
both State Senate and House seats to be
filled statewide next November.

Clifton A. Woodrum III of Roanoke,
chairman of the 6th District Democratic
Committee, thought it would hold up next
fall.

Woodrum said the special election,
held because Republican H.D. Dawbam
had resigned his State Senate seat earlier
this year, would be duplicated next fall.

“We will see whether it took or not,”
Woodrum said. “I’m fairly confident it
took.”

w^rt m 5^ he thinkg va n e y

Republican organization, which started
the voters choosing Republicans in the
early 1960s, “have lost their bright cut-
ting edge. . . they plain got cut.”

Woodrum, whose candidate, Paul
Puckett, was among three losers in the
congressional race, said the voting for
Butler in the middle valley was “a per-
sonal victory for Caldwell. . .he did his
job up there.”

William B. Poff of Roanoke, 6th Dis-
trict chairman for the Republicans, said
Wednesday he couldn’t say whether the
breach would remain permanent.

Poff said he wouldn’t be surprised to
see Giesen run against Solomon in the
regular election next fall.

And both chairmen agreed that they
saw very little of Watergate reaction in
the voting in the middle valley— both cit-
ing the way Butler rolled through the
precincts at the northern end of the dis-
trict.

Giesen had said Watergate and infla-
See Paffp in rni i

Shenandoah GOP Has Bittersweet Da

From Paere 1 . ..

From Page 1

tion might have had something to do with
Ws defeat. He said he hasn’t made up his
mind about whether he will run again.

There was agreement among politi-
cians that Nolen, who was elected to the
j Augusta supervisors after taking a strong
: stand against the proposed Verona Dam
•on Middle River in the county, was a pop-
' ular figure at home —where his strength
-showed greatest.

r. * There also was agreement that Solo-
mon, prominent in the State Crime Corn-
emission and known for his efforts to get
• the state to change its formula for allo-
cating school funds, had a higher identity
rrating in the House district than Poindex-
ter.

; There were ironies in the Democrats’

; victories which few politicians missed.

Giesen was seeking a Senate seat
u . b 7 Dawbarn > a Republican who
shocked the state in 1967 when he beat
longtime Democratic State Sen. George
M. Cochran of Staunton.

• Cochran, who was being talked of at
the time as being right to run for gover-
nor, has since been appointed to the State
Supreme Court.

Giesen’s mother, Charlotte, had been
one of the first women in the House of
Delegates a decade or so ago. Giesen is a
Radford native and his mother still lives
there.

In addition, Republicans were re-
membering another State Senate seat
they lost last year-in the big district
stretching from Montgomery County to
Grayson County.

This was another special election i
fill the seat vacated by Lt. Gov. John Da
ton of Radford when Dalton resigned t

run for the No. 2 office in the state. •

In that one Madison Marye, a Mon
gomery County Democrat, beat Del. Jei
ry Geisler of Hillsville.

Geisler, however, did not resign hi
House seat to run. Giesen did and botl
lost That Senate seat will be open agaii
in the election next November.

Ala* 1 Xioizia A)eu6

%mnders makes mark with

win ” the disconsolate Melton

JJrf

By JOHN PANCAKE
Staff Writer

Five months ago a fertilizer
merchant, a long-time Wal-
lace supporter and several
long-haired members of a Ro-
anoke advertising agency
were seated— a little uncom-
fortably— in a basement office
in Bedford.

“I guess they thought we
were a bunch of rednecks,
mused George Melton, cam-
paign coordinator for Warren
D. Saunders 6th District con-
gressional race.

“Maybe we are,” he added,
laughing.

But Saunders, a political
newcomer; Melton, state offi-
cial of the American Party,
and Image Advertising of Roa-
noke found they worked well
together.

Before they were through

k he unlikely coalition had put
bter apathy and a $35,000 ad-
vertising campaign together
to earn the respect perhaps
even the envy, of the other
candidates.

Saunders, who says he ran to
try to make the country better

for his three sons, put on an en-
ergetic, direct campaign that

garnered 26,476 votes.

It left the Bedford business-
man a fraction of a per cent

behind Democrat Paul Puck-
ett and left Rep. M. Caldwell
Butler without a majority.

Though political mavericks
have come out of Western Vir-
ginia before, few, if any, have
had a media campaign to
match Saunders’.

By his own estimates he
spent $24,000 on radio and tele-
vision spots and $11,000 kil-
boards— more than three
times what winner Caldwell
Butler used.

Butler, according to his ad-
vertising director, Mamie P.
Vest, spent about $6,300 on tel-
evision, another $3,800 on ra-
dio and $1,000 on biUboards-a
total of $11,100.

Democrat Paul Puckett paid
for roughly $19,000 of advertis-
ing, according to Lawrence
Musgrove, his treasurer.

On top of his media cam-
paign, Saunders sent letters to
50,000 of the 6th District s
200 000 voters. His total cam-
paign cost $50,000 to $60,000.

Most of the money to pay the
bills came in small contribu-
tions of less than $1,500. only
two sources providing more
were Saunders and his family,
who anted $25,000, and Vinton
real estate man Bill Triplett,
who provided $6,000.

Robert Lambeth, Bedford
County democratic chairman
and a professional political
consultant, praised the work of
Image Advertising. They re
extremely good,” he said.

Rep M. Caldwell Butler said
last night the Saunter s i cam-
paign was “very effective,
adding that he had underesti-
mated the Bedford County
man.

The day before the election,
Saunders camp was alive with
optimism. But the third party
candidate underestimated tn
voters’ reluctance to support
someone outside the estab-
lished parties, his campaign
manager conceded after the
votes were counted last nignt.

Yet Melton, who seemed to
be as active in the campaign
as Saunders himself, felt the
idea behind the slogan Had
enough of the Democrats and
Republicans? was still a
sound one.

“Switching from a Republi-
can to a Democrat is like leav-
ing the dirty diapers on a baby
and changing the safety puis,
said Melton.

“One problem is that the
media, with all this talk about
a Democratic sweep, has pro-
moted the idea that nobody
outside a major party can

win ” the disconsolate Melton
said. “They kept saying we
didn’t have a chance. I think
we surprised a lot of people.

But we were inexperienced
amateurs going up against the
pros.” . . .

Saunders left much of his
strategy to Melton, a grizzled
veteran of Democratic, Co
servative and American Inde-
pendent party campaigns.

Rapid Printing Service
(Melton’s business) in the
basement of a one-story build-
ing on Main Street in Bedford
was headquarters for the
Saunders race.

Melton, who looks like actor
Anthony Quinn except for his
silver-gray crew cut, watched
the Saunders campaign build
for the opening media guns in
late July.

During September he be-
came worried that the cam-
paign was peaking too fast and
pulled all of Saunders radio
and television advertising off
the air for three weeks. Not
until the middle of October did
Melton and Saunders decide to
resume their advertising, re-
serving $11,000 for the last two
W66ks.

By election day Saunders,
Melton and the organization

See SAUNDERS, Pg. 25, Col.l

they had built turned out at the
polls, expecting to find
strength in Rockbridge County
and the eastern part of the dis-
trict. Saunders carried Bed-
ford and the counties of
Bedford and Amherst.

They found they also bene-
fited from conservative voters
who turned out to support the
Sunday closing law, particu-
larly in Roanoke County.

The Saunders camp expect-
ed to lose badly in black areas,
though they did better than
expected in one ward in Lynch-
burg which contained a con-
centration of black voters.
Puckett led there by a wide
margin.

Melton himself was cam-
paigning in front of a polling
place in Bedford. As blacks
arrived to vote, Melton re-
minded them Puckett was a
sheriff, a fact he thought

might cause a few of them
cause a few of them to forsake
the Democratic candidate.

Late yesterday afternoon, a
weary Saunders relaxed for a
few minutes in Melton’s Bed-
ford office. Only two hours re-
mained in the election.

The 35-year-old candidate
said that, win or lose, he had
enjoyed the campaign. He
talked about returning to the
fertilizer business that has
made him moderately well-off
during the present fertilizer
shortage. And he talked of the

burden that would suddenly
fall on his shoulders if he won.

He talked of a movie, “The
Candidate,” a fictional ac-
count of a campaign in which
professional “imagemakers”
elect a young, attractive can-
didate to the U.S. Senate
through skillful use of the me-
dia.

Saunders saw the movie for
the first time two weeks ago
while campaigning in Augusta
County.

“You know,” he said,
“there’s a lot of truth in it.”

The World-News, I

Democratic chairman see

By OZZIE OSBORNE
Political Writer

‘Do you want me to cry be-
fore I gloat?” *

The question came from
Clifton A. “Chip” Woodrum
III, 6th District Democratic
chairman, who had cause to do
both after Tuesday’s elections.

He could fret over his Demo-
cratic congressional candi-
date, Roanoke City Sheriff
Paul J. Puckett, coming in

second to his Republican oppo-
nent, Rep. M. Caldwell Butler.

Woodrum did that briefly,
then turned to what was for
' him the brighter side of Tues-
day’s voting.

He /saw a Democratic trend
in the district, something that
hasn’t been discernible for
some time now. The district
once was one of the most Dem-
ocratic in the state, but hasn’t
come close to electing a con-
gressman since a Republican
won in the Eisenhower sweep
of 1952.

Woodrum was particularly
pleased about the victory of
Mrs. May Johnson, a school
teacher who, in her first run
for public office, got more
votes than all the other three
in the race for Cave Spring su-
pervisor.

“A bright and attractive
teacher (who is a Democrat)
won in the most Republican
magisterial district in Roa-

noke County,” Woodrum said.

There also was good news
for Woodrum from the Staun-
ton- Waynesboro- Augusta
County area, an area that in
the past few years has seen
much new industry move in
and with it a growth in the Re-
publican party.

There, Frank Nolen, chair-
man of the Augusta County

Board of Supervisors, defeat-
ed Republican Del. A. R.
“Pete” Giesen, former GOP
leader of the House of Dele-
gates, in a special State Sen-
ate election.

And the House seat vacated
by Giesen was won by Demo-
crat Erwin S. “Shad” Solo-
mon, the commonwealth’s
attorney from sparsely popu-

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things are looking up in the fith

Distnct for Demo^ats afS
many years of semi-drought to
most parts of the district.

2 Va. GOP winners 5 prestig

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By WAYNE WOODLIEF
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - Two Vir-
ginia Republicans, Tidewa-
ter’s G. William Whitehurst
and Roanoke’s M. Caldwell
Butler, emerged from yester-
day’s Republican election dis-
aster with more personal clout

in Congress and a chance for
leadership of their state dele-
gation.

The two congressmen, espe-
cially Butler, also enhanced
their prestige as potential con-
tenders in 1978 for the Senate
seat now held by Virginia Re-
publican William L. Scott.

Scott has made no commit-
ments so far ahead, but occa-
sionally has hinted he might
decline to seek re-election.

(Whitehurst said today he is
not thinking beyond the House
of Representatives.)

Butler and Whitehurst
moved up as possible leaders

of the shrunken Virginia Re-
publican delegation to Con-
gress when Arlington’s Joe
Broyhill, who held his 10th dis-
trict seat for 22 years, was up-
set by Joseph Fisher, a mild-
mannered Democratic econo-
mist.

Democrat Herb Harris won

hiked

a second northern Virginia
seat from Republican Stan-
ford Parris in the 8th district
to give Democrats and Repub
licans an even 5-5 split in Vir
grnia when the new Congress
convenes in January.

. But *er and Whitehurst, buck-
ing the national anti-Republi-
can trend that included close
calls for three other Virginia
i colleagues, won substantially.

Retirement— voluntary and
forced— of other Republicans
on the committees on which

^ e iL Se 7 ed ’ J also elev ated
Whitehurst and Butler several
notches in seniority.

Whitehurst becomes third-
ranking minority member on
the House Armed Services
Committee, after the defeat of
three higher ranked Republi-
cans and the retirement of two
others.

Butler was propelled from
11th to sixth-ranking among
House Judiciary Committee
Republicans by a retirement
another member’s defeat in a
gubemorial primary and Tues-
day s losses by three Nixon
supporters during the Judi-
ciary Committee’s impeach-
ment hearings, Charles
Sandman of New Jersey, Dav-

See 2 WINNERS, Pg. 25, Col. 1

id Dennis of Indiana and Wiley
Mayneoflowa.

The Judiciary Committee
should continue to be one of
the most important in Con-
gress during 1975, with the
Rockefeller nomination and
possibly the abortion issue be-
fore it.

Edward Hutchinson of Mich-
igan and Robert McClory of
Illinois will remain the com-
mittee’s ranking Republicans,
but actual minority leadership
is expected increasingly to
pass to three younger mem-
bers, Butler, Illinois’s Tom
Railsback and New York’s
Hamilton Fish. All voted to
impeach Nixon and all won.

Whitehurst, who won a
fourth term by a big vote de-
spite a massive attack on his
outside business connections,
is nearly the top on the minori-
ty side of the Armed Services
Committee, whose decisions
affect the vital interest of his
district. He also has kept on
good terms with the commit-
tee chairman, crusty New Or-
leans Democrat F. Edward
Hebert.

Broyhill’s loss moves White-
hurst to second in seniority
among Virginia Republican
members, to the 9th District’s
William C. Wampler, who
barely survived a Democratic
challenge.

But in terms of leadership of
the Virginia Republican dele-
gation and as a possible future
Senate prospect, Butler
seems, to delegation watch-
ers. to have more potential.

Broyhill attempted to build
unity among the Virginia Re-
publicans during the past two
years, when they held seven of
Virginia’s 19 seats. He usually
presided over periodic lunch-
eon meetings of the Virignia
Republican members, and was
able to shape consensus on
some issues with his forceful
personality.

Wampler and Whitehurst
are amiable men, but not as
prone as Broyhill to enjoy
trying to persuade others to
their own viewpointsm Butler,
though only a freshman this
term, was House minority
leader in the General Assem-
bly.

Butler also gained state
wide exposure and stature
from his role in the Nixon im-
peachment inquiry, and occa-
sional mention of him as a
possible Senate contender has
begun here.

CHANGES MINOR

Official Canvass
Of Voles Held

By GARY KEARNS

News Staff Writer

Returns from the city’s 17
precincts from Tuesday’s con-
gressional election were can-
vassed and made official
Thursday morning by tembers
of the Lynchburg Electoral
Board.

The canvassing, conducted
in the office of the clerk of
Lynchburg Circuit Court,
showed that 12,095 voted here
Tuesday out of the 25,079 per-
sons^ registered to go to the
polls.

This was the same figured
issued unofficially after the re-

LOCAL

THE NEWS, Lynchburg, Va., Fri., Nov. 8, 1974

turns were reported to election
headquarters at the Public Li-
brary Tuesday night.

With the exception of minor
precinct tallies, the returns
stood as unofficially reported.

A major change or adjust-
ment was corrected in the “no”
vote for the proposed constitu-
tional amendment from the
Third Precinct of the Third
Ward (Howard Johnsons).

The unofficial vote returned
from this precinct for this cate-
gory was 87 persons having
voted “no.” Thursday’s canvass
revealed that actually 228 per-
sons voted “no” in this pre-
cinct.

This made the total “no”
vote for this amendment,
which will permit students
enrolled in private colleges to
obtain state grants, come to
4,277. The total number of city
voters approving the amend-
ment was put at 6,331.

In regard to the question of
whether Lynchburg should re-
tain the Sunday closing law,
8,067 voted that it should while
3,534 believed it should not.

Also in regard to the closing
law vote, the unofficial returns
which ran in the city election
box in The News Wednesday
were reversed with the returns
on the constitutional amend-
ment. However, the story
which accompanied the box
ran the correct figures.

Thursday’s canvass also did
not affect the results of the
Sixth District congressional
race in the city.

Republican incumbent Rep.
M. Caldwell Butler received a
total of 6,140, while Democrat
Paul J. Puckett, Roanoke sher-
iff, received 2,864 votes here.

American Party candidate
Warren D. Saunders received
2,823 votes in the city, while
Timothy A. McGay, independ-
ent, received 168 Lynchburg
votes.

Mrs. John M. Payne, Elec-
toral Board chairman, said
Thursday that 144 absentee
ballots were voted here. She
also said one write-in vote was
received by Frank Q. Harris in
the Seventh Precinct of the
Second Ward (Perrymont
School).

Mrs. Payne also said Thurs-
day that she “thanks all the
officers of election, and espe-
cially the chief officers, for the
outstanding job they per-
formed Tuesday.

“The city of Lynchburg
could not have any election
without the dedicated services
of these officers to insure the
conduction of honest, clean
elections.”

Mrs. Payne added, “I want
to express my confidence in
the fine, honest workers of
such high integrity. We are
fortunate to have officials who
will work through such a long
day in order to insure accurate
results.”

*3 K) cv . (?

LEXINGTON

House of Rep.

Senate

Abolishment
of Treasurer,

Amendment

Liquor

Commissioner

Ward

■8

c n

Yes

ff u

East

172

196

131

276

187

316

134

309

181

104

383

West

130

648

198

375

543

689

249

657

315

249

726

City Totals

302

844

329

651

730

1005

383

966

496

353

1109

BUENA VISTA

Totals

Staunton, Va., Leader, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1974

VIRGINIA HOUSE 7TH

County

Albemarle

P Pr Robinson Gilliam
15 15 5,241 3,966

Caroline

787

• 1,551

Clarke

940

842

Culpeper

Fauquier

2,888

2,039

1,923

2,509

Fluvanna

735

677

Frederick

2,867

2,440

Goochland

950

1,223

Greene

678

491

Hanover

4,725

3,701

Louisa

7,449

1,288

Madison

7,437

1,263

Nelson

937

1,375

Orange

1,558

1,424

Page

2,833

1,978

Rappahannock

532

723

Rockingham

6,221

4,292

Shenandoah

3,851

2,561

Spottsylvania

1,266

2,040

Stafford

1,423

1,823

Warren

7,913

2,856

Charlottesville

4,564

4,396

fcderiskburg

PSrrisonburg

1,220

7,676

2,041

1,396

Winchester

2,852

1,752

Totals

225

54,347

48,646

House of Rep.

i/i

Senate

<8 £

t-i

■Si

B <L>

o -8

03 SA

a a

O *3

z o

24 220

357

311

422 412

Amendment

434 199

VIRGINIA HOUSE 6TH

County

P Pr Butler Puckett i

Alleghany

9 9

806

969

Amherst

10 10

1,469

1,704

Augusta

21 21

4,529

2,427

Bath

7 7

679

397

Bedford

26 26

1,463

954

Botetourt

18 18

1,675

1,224

Highland

10 10

502

153

Roanoke

32 32

8,512

4,082

Rockbridge

14 14

1,214

691

Bedford County

2 2

457

357

Buena Vista

2 2

357

220

Clifton Forge

3 3

493

485

Covington

4 4

612

769

Lexington

2 2

844

302

Lynchburg

17 17

6,140

2,864

Roanoke County

37 38

8,302

6,139

Salem

10 10

2,352

1,196

Staunton

5 5

2,903

1,459

Waynesboro

4 4

2,484

837

Totals

234 234

45,798

27,230

694

1,735

1,544

336

2,678

1,299

166

5,829

916

694

311

259

437

329

2,823

3,684

1,412

760

564

26,476

JhfflUkltoti l^OcSitr ^

Precinct
Airport
Fancy Hill
Ben Salem
Effinger
Kerr’s Creek
Glasgow
Natural Bridge
Fairfield
Mountain View
Vesuvius
Goshen

Meadow View
Rockbridge Baths
Rockbridge High
County Totals

ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY

House of Rep.

Senate

McGay

Puckett

Butler

Saunders

Nolen

Giesen

104

133

130

115

118

134

165

135

175

121

109

104

100

113

123

141

\ 5

120

127

156

691

1214

916

1378

1372

BATH COUNTY

Comm. Of
Revenue

Amendment

139

102

124

106

146

119

125

163

151

116

112

114

137

176

104

109

123

106

127

1138

692

1509

1306

Precinct

House of Rep.

* s *

§ j* £

S3 © 53

a s s

S Cu P5

Saunders

Warm Springs

148

Mountain Grove

Hot Springs

139

Healing Springs

109

208

103

Burnsville

Fairview

Millboro Springs

County Totals

397

679

336

House of Del. Supervisor

Amendment

ft*

200

187

238

210

341

269

131

210

213

125

116

163

996

467

955

433

210

213

,! HE NEWS-VIRGINIAN, Waynesboro, Va. Wednesday, November 6,

Area Election Tabulation

Waynesboro

Congress

State Senate

Delegate

Ward I
Ward H
Ward HI
Ward IV

dry TOTALS

984

1803

2149

2237

7173

Const

Amendment

Closing Law

•8

Yes

429

175

143

129

249

1168

648

365

447

646

146

1187

558

389

401

705

169

1468

820

457

537

846

184

4252

2201

1354

1514

2446

564

Staunton

564 937 2484

Congress

1992 2198

1963

2150

Va. Senate Delegate

‘5b

Const

Amendment

Closing Law

Size of Council

>»

‘ 1

Yes

C/3

Ward I

2178

1102

499

324

543

474

636

270

169

412

430

606

460

615

423

Ward n

2226

1330

626

443

730

524

719

421

224

410

614

686

628

750

521

Ward HI

1673

1081

542

341

629

399

611

329

159

247

595

484

576

537

488

Ward IV

1628

1122

600

376

654

424

492

545

128

210

727

462

649

555

532

Ward V

1477

882

530

222

505

337

399

381

180

537

394

466

445

399

CITY TOTALS

9182

5517

2797

1706

3061

2158

2857

1946

142

760

1459

2903

2632

2779

2902

2363

Augusta County

Congress

Va. Senate

Delegate

‘So

Voted

const.

Amendment
Yes No

Closing Law
Yes No

McGay

*§

C/3

Puckett

Butler

Nolen

Giesen

C/3

Beverley Manor Dist.

Jollivue

423

223

114

112

111

119

101

125

Sandy Hollow

701

374

134

143

201

137

115

181

187

180

177

173

Wilson

480

286

124

100

154

115

137

133

147

125

142

Middle River Dist.

Crimora

652

367

171

103

127

202

171

256

107

218

119

New Hope

1104

677

331

208

391

230

143

204

276

462

211

363

277

Weyers Cave

660

438

208

140

257

147

267

200

236

133

272

North River Dist.

Ft. Defiance

741

430

179

158

251

131

102

233

187

232

181

225

North River

. 1054

542

236

170

300

185

100

295

235

290

175

312

Verona

972

526

269

168

292

195

146

279

248

275

248

254

Pastures Dist.

Buffalo Gap

546

287

120

100

150

109

138

153

130

161

111

Churchville

877

541

237

181

320

178

113

137

259

293

234

271

224

^ Craigsville

,778

335

109

123

151

155

270

242

Deerfield

194

105

Riverheads Dist.

«|V\Greenville
vAliddlebrook
* ijpottswood

1039

612

258

218

285

253

114

162

289

324

274

324

252

676

421

183

132

258

113

138

179

272

137

248

146

528

304

101

121

179

103

113

170

130

182

106

\rk ith River Dist.

Vando

808

384

170

133

129

214

105

184

202

175

193

171

, farts Draft
Dist.

1395

827

439

250

355

408

148

159

467

397

417

371

418

756

454

198

127

173

224

102

127

197

294

154

280

154

u eS^f'e

1,1 w TOTALS

784

489

234

165

264

187

151

239

290

190

271

197

1085

634

339

201

196

389

111

406

282

339

282

334

16,253

9256

4168

3025

4565

3806

327

1544

2427

4529

5015

4075

4612

4097

J \ \

"f i M M $

mmmmz

m i is i

WMmmn

■PH

November 6, 197*+
^kpchburg News

Lexington

Congress

Liquor Amend-
By Drink ment

A P

U U B

M N C U

c D K T

-j , G E E L

Precinct ARTE

Y S T R YES NO YES NO

East 17 131 172 196 307 181 316 134

West 17 198 130 648 659 315 689 249

* Total 34 329 302 844 966 496 1,005 383

Buena Vista

Congress

Precinct A

Upper ii

Lower 13

Totals 24

188

123

311

122

220

Amendment

- B
U
T
L
E
R
165
192
357

YES

195

239

434

102

199

Bedford City

Congress

Amendment

Precinct

YES

First Ward.:

431

207

360

434

259

Second Ward

263

150

223

136

Total

694

357

459

657

395

Leader tocnx£

! STAUNTON

House of Rep. House ® f Del -

& « s § g E 'g Amendment closing Council

Ward
Ward I

.3*

.9 .
©
Oh

Cfl

Yes

(Bessie Weller)

Ward II

412

430

169

606

460

615

423

499

324

543

474

636

270

(Shelburne)

Ward III

410

614

224

686

628

750

521

626

443

730

524

719

421

! (Lee High)

Ward IV

247

595

159

484

576

537

488

542

341

629

399

611

329

(John Lewis)

Ward V

210

727

128

462

649

555

532

600

376

654

424

492

545

(Northside)

180

537

394

466

445

399

530

222

505

337

399

381

CITY TOTALS

142

1459

2903

760

2632

2779

2902

2363

2797

1706

3061

2158

2857

1946

WAYNESBORO

House of Rep.

House of Del.

Senate

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A) 09

Amendment

Sunday

closing

c «

Ward
Ward I

’o

(Amer. Leg.)

Ward II

158

166

262

160

258

151

175

143

129

249

(City Bldg.)

Ward III

220

735

146

506

642

501

635

648

365

447

646

(Fire Stat.)
Ward IV

326

605

169

643

526

640

498

558

389

401

705

(High School)

233

978

184

581

870

564

866

820

457

537

846

City Totals

937

2484

564

1992

2198

1963

2150

2201

1354

1514

2446

Canvass shows 1 2,095 cast ballots

Th ^ official canvass of votes
inj^fesda y’s general . election
in Lynchburg ^ho^ed___t|iat
-i?2$^_pei^on54)r more than 48
per cent of the 25,079 registered
voters jvei Lt to the polls.

This was the same figure
issued unofficially after the re-
turns were reported by elec-
tion officials in the city’s 17
precincts Tuesday night.

A total of 18,112
Lynchburgers voted in the
Nov. 7, 1972, Presidential elec-
tion when there were 25,285
registered voters. In the May,
1974, City Council race 10,220 of
the 25,055 registered voters
went to the polls.

Mrs. John M. Pavne . chair-
JnaiL^of the. jCfry Electoral
-Board, said board members
found several errors in the un-
official returns listed earlier
but noted that these did not
change the outcome of the
■election in any way.

The canvass was conducted
Thursday in the office of the
. clerk of Lynchburg Circuit
Court.

A major change or adjust-
ment was corrected in the “no”
vote for the proposed constitu-
tional amendment from the
Third Precinct of the Third
Ward (Howard Johnsons).

The unofficial vote returned
from this precinct for this cate-
gory was 87 persons having
voted “no.” Thursday’s canvass
revealed that actually 228 per-
sons voted “no” in this pre-
cinct.

In regard to the question of
whether Lynchburg should re-
tain the Sunday closing law,
8,067 voted that it should while
3,534 believed it should not.

Also in regard to the closing
law vote, the unofficial returns
which ran in the city election
box in The Daily Advance
Wednesday were reversed with
the returns on the constitu-
tional amendment question.
However, the story which ac-
companied the box ran the cor-
rect figures. i

Thursday’s canvass also did
not affect the results of the
Sixth District congressional
race in the city.

Republican incumbent Rep.
M. Caldwell Butler received a
total of 6,140, while Democrat
Paul J. Puckett, Roanoke sher-
iff, received 2,864 votes here.

American Party candidate
Warren D. Saunders received
2,823 votes in the city, while
Timothy A. McGay, independ-
ent, received 168 Lynchburg
votes.

Mrs. Payne said Thursday
that 144 absentee ballots were
voted here. She also said one
write-in vote was received by
Frank Q. Harris in the Seventh
Precinct of the Second Ward
(Perrymont School).

Mrs. Payne also said she
“thanks all the officers of elec-
tion, and especially the chief
officers, for the outstanding
job they performed Tuesday.

“The city of Lynchburg

could not have any election
without the dedicated services
of these officers to insure the
conduction of honest, clean
elections.”

Mrs. Payne added, “I want
to express my confidence in

THE DAILY ADVANCE, Lync hburg, Vo., Fri., N6v. B, 1974 19

the fine honest workers of imlteVyS^every W women

th l fl hl0 h integrity. We are day in order to insure accura , ^ y § ^ # divorC ee.

fortunate to have officials***^

| Party leaders see
vote differently

^RICHMOND (AP) - Vir-
Itinia’s state Republican chair-
man blamed the GOP’s loss
Tuesday of two seats in Con-
gress on Watergate, but his op-
posite number in the Democrat-
ic party disagreed.

“Without Watergate, I’m con-
vinced that all seven of our
Candidates would have won re-
election,” said Del. George
McMath, state GOP chairman.

J But Joseph T. Fitzpatrick,
State Democratic chairman,
said he didn’t agree that Water-
gate defeated the two Northern
Virginia Republicans who lost
their seats to Democrats.

*; “I feel strongly that it was
simply a matter of a tre-
mendous Democratic party
building job in Northern Vir-
ginia paying off,” he said.

The closest race was in
southwestern Virginia’s 9th Dis-
trict, where Republican Rep.
William C. Wampler narrowly
defeated Democrat Charles J.
Home.

Home has refused to con-
cede, and a spokesman at his
headquarters said an investiga-
tion is under way into reports
of electoral irregularities in
several counties.

Fitzpatrick praised Democrat
George H. Gilliam, a Charlot-
tesville city councilman, for
giving GOP Rep. J. Kenneth
Robinson “the run of his life”
in the 7th District, normally
strong Republican territory.

“If Gilliam decides to run

again in 1976,” he said, “I’m
convinced he can win.

But McMath said the district,
which runs from Frederick
County in the northwest to
Hanover County in the south-
east, was susceptible to Water-
gate fallout and the fact that
Robinson got 53 per cent of the
vote was “extremely grat-
ifying.”

Republican Reps. G. William
Whitehurst, M. Caldwell Butler
and Robert R. Daniel and
Democratic Rep. David E. Sat-
terfield III won re-election eas-
ily.

Democratic Reps. Thomas N.
Downing and W. C. Daniel wen
unopposed.

Virginia’s congressional dele-
gation was evened at five Re- .

publicans and five Democrats M

with the defeat of Reps. Stan- «,_«i j.isws. Roanoke. Va., Thursday, November 7. 1974

ford E. Parris and veteran Joel ine —

j$. Broyhill in adjacent dis- ^ - *

iricts.

i* Fitzpatrick, expressing ela-
tion over the outcome, said
statewide vote totals for Re-
publicans and Democrats were
jjitist about even.

“To me, this says that Virgi-
nians will be ready to vote for
tiemocrats in future national
ejections,” he said.

} But McMath refused to read
dny dire implications for the
GOP into the election results.
In fact, he said, “We remain
Vjital and strong.”

J McMath said Watergate be-
came a significant issue in the
jfth and 10th Districts because
pf their closeness to the na-
tion’s capital and greater sensi-
tivity to scandals there.

I * Parris was beaten soundly by
Democrat Herbert E. Harris,
vice chairman of the Fairfax
Board of Supervisors, ending a
Sliort national political career
that began when he rode the
Mixon landslide in 1972 to Con-
gress from the Virginia House
of Delegates.

‘ But Democrat Joseph L.
Fisher, a member of the Ar-
lington board, scored a stun-
ning upset victory over Broyh-
ill, who has represented the
JOth District since it was
formed bv reapportionment in
1952.

Also appeared in Raonoke Times > Lynchburg News
Lynchburg Daily Advance. Similar story in
Waynesboro News Virginian

Staunton, Va., Leader, Wednesday, Oct. 30 , 1974 25

Waynesboro

High holds

mock election

WAYNESBORO - The
referendum permitting state aid
to private institutions of higher
education scored decisively with
292 yes votes and 116 no votes in
a mock election at Waynesboro
High School Tuesday.

The second referendum con-
sidered also registered a strong
almost 3-1 vote defeating the
Sunday closing laws.

Four hundred and eighty-two
students of a possible 858 voted
in the elections.

In the 6th District House of
Representatives contest
Republican M. Caldwell Butler
held a close lead over American
Party candidate Warren D.
Saunders with a margin of 21
votes. Democrat Paul J. Puckett
ran third in the race trailed by
independent Timothy McGay.

The votes were 181 for in-
cumbent Butler, 160 for Mr.
Saunders, 75 for Mr. Puckett,
and 43 for Mr. McGay.

The State Senate race showed
no clear choice among students.
A. R. Giesen Jr. won the contest
by six votes over his Democratic
opponent Frank W. Nolen.

Erwin Solomon claimed a
decisive victory over I
Republican Gordon Poindexter
in the House of Delegates race.
The vote for the Democrat was
278 while his opponent drew only
170 votes.

Staunton, Va., Leader, Friday, Nov. 29, 197^

Butler offered amendments
to Privacy Act of 1974

Sixth District U. S. Rep. M
Caldwell Butler took an active
part in a debate on the Privacy
Act of 1974 last week, suc-
cessfully offering two amend-
ments, and leading the fight in
opposing two other amendments
dealing with the government’s
liability for damage resulting
from mishandling of govern-
ment records. The bill passed
the House of Representatives on
Nov. 21.

“The Privacy Act is designed
to safeguard individual privacy
from misuse of federal records,”
Rep. Butler said. “It prohibits
federal maintenance of secret
personal record systems,
provides that individuals may be
granted access to most federal
records concerning them, and
places restrictions on the
transfer of records from one
federal agency to another.”

“The purpose of my amend-
ments,” he explained, “is to
prevent the provisions of the
privacy act from interfering
with legitimate judicial and law
I enforcement functions.”

The first Butler amendment
modifies the legislation to grant
a court access to federally-held
records through a valid court
subpoena. The second amend-
jment prohibits individuals from
gaining access to information
being compiled by government
investigators for use in a civil
court suit. Both were adopted by
voice vote.

Records dealing with criminal
investigations were not included
under this legislation, Rep.
Butler said. The Judiciary
Committee, of which he is a
member, is considering sep-
arate legislation dealing with
use of arrest records and other
criminal records.

“Another controversy which
arose during consideration of the
bill was the degree to which the
federal government would be
held liable by the courts for
mishandling government
records,” Rep. Butler said.

“It is my view that the federal
government should be held
rejbonsibP ^ reimbursing an
indi/idual for actual loss of

income or property resulting
from such mishandling, but
should not be subject to punitive
damages, as some of my
colleagues proposed.”

Rep. Butler vigorously op-
posed an amendment offered by
(Rep. Dante B. Fascell (D-Fla)
rtiich would hold the federal
government liable for punitive
damages for “willful, arbitrary
pr capricious” mishandling of

government records, and liable
for actual damages in cases of
unintentional mishandling.
Punitive damages involve
assessment of a fine as a punish-
ment, while actual damages
reimburse an individual for
losses due to improper action.

Rep. Butler pointed out in
debate that the Congress would
be setting a precedent in United
States law by holding the
government liable for punitive
damages, and the amendment
was defeated on a voice vote. A
second amendment was offered
to hold the federal government
liable for actual damages and
'Osts for intentional or unin-
tentional mishandling of
records. That amendment was
also defeated.

The language of the bill as
passed will hold the federal
government liable for actual
damages only when willful,
arbitrary or capricious misuse
of government records can be
established.

“I am well-pleased with the
outcome of the debate, Rep.

Butler said. “Under this bill, the
federal government will be held
responsible when intentional
misuse of records results in loss
of income or property to an
individual. However, we will not
leave ourselves open to
unlimited lawsuits which could
cost the taxpayers millions of
dollars, nor will we leave the
government open to court
proceedings every time a minor
clerk does not completely and
punctually perform his duties.”
Rep. Butler praised the
Privacy Bill as a “major
legislative breakthrough in our
efforts to safeguard the in-
dividual’s right to privacy. I
think we have struck a
reasonable balance between the
individuals rights and the
government’s need to maintain
administrative records.”

A conference committee will
be appointed to work out the
differences between the House
and the Senate version of the
legistlation. Rep. Butler’s
amendments to the bill are likely
to be maintained,’ he said.

Based on News release
Also appeared in Lynchburg News

Salem Times Reg.

Butler Tells of Changing

By ROBERT B. SEARS
Times Staff Writer
HOT SPRINGS - Sixth Dis-
trict Rep. M. Caldwell Butler
told the Virginia Hospital As-
sociation (VHA) Thursday
how he came to change his
niind about former President
Richard Nixon during the
House Judiciary Commitee’s
impeachment inquiry.

Speaking to the annual meet-
ing of the association, Butler
said he started out as a “kind
of primitive Republican’’ who
believed that Watergate was a
conspiracy “sponsored princi-
pally by the liberal press,”
with the Democrats taking ad-
vantage of the opportunity.

“That was certainly my ini- .
tial view,” Butler said, “and
shared I think with all the Re-
publicans on the committee.”
Butler said he could not tell
even now when he changed his
mind, but it was an accumula-
tive process.

‘Tt was,” he said, “this insi-
dious process of revelations
shaking our confidnce in the .
executive branch and particu-
larly in the candor of Richard
Nixon.”

Then, Butler added, Klein-
dienst went before the com-
mittee and said he had not
discussed antitrust legislaton
with the President, and Nixon,
knowing this, continued to ex-
press confidence in Klein-
dienst.

Butler , said the thing that
most tied it all together for
him was the evidence present-
ed by John Doar, the commit-
tee counsel, who showed that
on the weekend of the Water-
gate break-in all the high com-
mand of the executive branch
were scattered all over the
country.

But within three days they
had all gotten back to Wash-
ington, Butler said, and dis-
cussed the break-in, with the
exception of the president.

And then H. R. Haldeman
went in to discuss the situation
with the President, Butler
said, and that is where the fa-
mous minute break in the
tapes occurred.

“That event was very signif-
icant,” Butler said. “That fact r
came crashing in on us.”

Another event that Butler
said “shook me greatly” was
the president’s conversation
with Atty. Gen. Kleindienst
with respect to pending anti-
trust legislation, and the presi-
dent said no less than four
times, “Drop the damn thing.”
“There wasn’t any ques-
tion,” Butler said, “when we
in the committee sat and lis-
teried to the conversation it-
<pif.

“That,” Butler said, “shook
me as substantially as any-
thing else.

Butler said he wanted to im-
press upon his audience the
difference between reading
the transcripts and hearing the
tapes. The tone of voice, made
it clear Nixon dominated all of
the conversations.

Butler said he had, the feel-
ing the unraveling of the Wa-
tergate affair was like a
Greek tragedy. Nixon and his
associates discussed whether
to “let it all hang out.”

“It was perfectly apparent
from later conversations of
that day that they had chosen
not the route of full disclosure,
and I think that was the real
tragedy ... That conversation
. itself told us of total presiden-
tial involvement and knowl-
edge.”

“Those were the things,” But-
ler said, “that pushed me over
the top, as it were, but I don’t
know at what point in time I
made that decision.”

Butler voted for impeach-
men as a member of the House
Judiciary Committee.

“Where Do We Go From
Here?” was the title of an af-
ternoon talk by Dr. James H.
Sammons, executive vice
president of the American
Medical Association.

argued, these federal progams
will increase problems, esca-
late costs and create short-
ages where they don’t exist.

“You cannot,” he said, “in
an economy offer something
for nothing, or relatively noth-
ing, and not expect to have it
overutilized.”

Dr. Sammons said the Social
Security Administration
talked about overutilization by
doctors and hospitals, but nev-
er mentioned overutilization
by patients. * . *

Nathan Bushnel, president
of Blue Cross-Blue Shield of^ ■ ■
Southwest Virginia based in
Roanoke, told a morning ses-
sion of the VHA that he is op-ignificant that
posed to any form of National op the House

Health Tnciiranno nc <->!»*«» _ _ . -

Health Insurance as currently'
visualized.

He said “massive federal
programs for health care”
concocted by “bright, articu-
late MDs, who have never
practiced a day in their lives”
are not going to “solve our
problems.”

On the other hand, he

The purpose of such a pro-
gram is to provide people with
health care, he said. Bushnell
said the people are getting
good health care now “in qual-
ity which equals or exceeds
any nation in the world.”

The people want more, he
said, but there is a difference
between want and need.

Bushnell said a Lou Harris
poll last year showed that
?!£2lthcare ranked 15th of 16
concerns or-ifei public. Ninety
per cent of the people have
health insurance now, Bush-
nell said and the national leg-
islation is not needed.

Kenneth Williamson, former
director of the American Hos-
pital Association’s Washington
service bureau, told the hospi-
tal administrators that the
economy was in for rough
times, and they should not
spend their funds on “things.”

The unionization of hospital
employes has been sanctioned
by Congress, Williamson said,
and “you are going to need all
the bucks you can lay your
hands on to pay your people.”

who sup*'
were getfc
J in the.’
>n. while
impeach.

quality of
at our
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sorts of

xperience
rs is not
lad prob-
survived

THE ROANOKE TIMES, Friday. November 8, 1974

iew on Nixon

Government will demand

t P ™e ? talth care S

Ues > Williamson said “hp
cause voluntary planning

thaT‘& SOn a,so Predicted
and nS, ngreSS , wiI I Pass wage
within the ■f 0 '!* 1 ? 1 ie & islati on

ta2 a ^ Johnson * an assis-
w"L ma " ag,n ^ ed 'tor of The
Washington Post, spoke JJ

tio n ™ rica T °day— New Direc-

Johnson said he was both

). stran ^ eI y dis-
turbed about the nation to-

J**™ is significant that
he congresBmen on the House

ported 3 thp^p mrn J ttee who SU P*
e^tl!/ eSldent were gefe
T^f i y debated in tW

Ihnt! da t s eiection, while
those who voted to imneaeh

were re-elected p acjl

S?T" *f “abLi

Preble™. ” d “ re a " sorts «
of J t°he n Ta n st S d id the ex Penence

them so well 38 survived

THE ROANOKE TIMES, Fridoy, November 8, 1974

l ' »1
r

•t

Butler appointed to House
Republican Task Force ^ |
on Congressional reform

Sixth District Representative M.
Caldwell Butler has been appointed
a member of the House Republican
Task Force on Congressional
Reform, his office announced today.
The Task Force was recently
established by the House
Republican Research Committee.

The Task Force will examine a
wide range of reform areas,
including proxy voting, the
seniority system, open committee
meetings, full public financial
disclosure by lobbyists, personal
financial disclosure by candidates
and public officials, closed circuit
television for the House floor and
jurisdictional reform of the
committee system.

Representative Bill Frenzel (R-
Minn.), chairman of the task force,
cited the recent defeat of the
bipartisan Boiling-Martin
congressional reform proposals as
an example of the need for the task
force. “Two out of three House
Democrats voted against reform
and in favor of the obsolete
committee structure, while
Republicans overwhelmingly
supported the proposals, Frenzel

“I am pleased that the
Republicans are taking the
initiative in keeping Congressional
reform alive,' 1 Butler said today o
his appointment to the Task Force,
“and I am particularly pleased to
have the opportunity to participate
in this initiative.

“During forty years oi
Democratic Control, Congress has
become entrenched in antiquated
procedures which prevent us from
making timely responses to
pressing national problems.
Consequently, the American people
have lost their confidence in the
Congress,” he observed,.

“Although the minority cannot
bring changes alone, I believe that
we have an obligation to at least
present ideas for improvements.
This will be the Task Force s
responsibility.”

During the 93rd Congress, Butler
served on the House Republican
Task Force on campaign reform.
Many of the major
recommendations of that group
were included in the campaign
reform act which passed this year.

Also appeared in: Staunton Leader, November 29, Clifton Forge, November 29
Waynesboro News Virginia, November 29, Covington Nirginian November 29,
Salem Times Reigster December 5, News December 1, Daily Advance November 30

2 THE NEWS-VIRGINIAN, Waynesboro, Va. Tuesday, November 19, 1974

$400,000 Federal Loan
Is Approved For Expo

Sixth District Rep. M. Cald-
well Butler announced today
that the Farmers Home Ad-
ministration (FHA) “has for-
mally approved” a $400,000 loan
under the Rural Development
Program to Augusta Expo. The
25-year loan has a five per cent
interest rate.

The loan will be used to satisfy
two short-term obligations in
that amount with area banks.

Mr. Butler called approval of
the loan “a great opportunity for
Augusta County.” Augusta
Expo, he said, “provides a
common meeting place for
commerce, business,
agriculture and industry and
gives the county first-class
facilities for educational,
cultural and recreational
events.”

He pointed out that a 22,000 -
square - foot hall capable of
seating more than 4,000 people
has already been built at the

Augusta Expo site and that
overall plans include a sales
pavilion for purebred cattle.

Mr. Butler praised Expo
President George Beam for his
“tremendous effort” in
developing community support
for Expo. “Such support was the
key factor in winning approval
for the loan,” Rep. Butler said.

Mr. Beam said today that he is
“mighty proud to know that this
money has been committed.”
He said that he expects that
the money will be available as
soon as the title search has been
completed and sent to Richmond
and Washington. “We hope to
get this done by the end of
December,” Mr. Beam said.

It is reported that Expo is
currently paying about $2,600
each month in interest alone.

Under the FHA loan Expo would
reportedly pay $2,338 monthly in
combined principal and interest.

A major stipulation of the FHA
for approval of the loan was
agreement between Expo and
the Staunton Purebred
Livestock Breeders Association
under which the Association
would turn over its property at
Verona and assets to Expo.

The agreement was approved
by both groups on Oct. 23. A
provision of the contract calls
for Expo to sell the property and
use the proceeds to help finance
construction of a livestock sales
pavilion at Expoland.

Mr. Beam said that
representatives of the
Association and Expo met last
;ht to give final approval to
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royal to

plans for the pavilion. The plans,
he said, will go before the Expo
board tomorrow night.

The building has been
estimated to cost between
$110,000 and $150,000, of which
between $40,000 and $50,000 is
expected to be realized from the
Association’s assets.

Mr. Beam said that one
method of raising the additional
money, a charitable livestock
sale, has been set for March.
“From now to then,” Mr. Beam
said, “a committee will be
soliciting donations of animals.”

THE MAHOKE TIMES. SatufJov, Wovtmber 23, 1974

Butler Hails
Rockefeller
For Service

By WAYNE WOODLBEF
Times Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - Virginia
Rep. M. Caldwell Butler told
vice presidential nominee Nel-
son Rockfeller Friday, “I, for
one, appreciate the time and
talent you have offered to pub-
lic service.”

Butler, a member of the
House Judiciary Committee
which is holding hearings on
Rockefeller’s co nfirmation,
also told a reporter he has
found nothing “disqualifying”
in the committees’s two long
days of Rockefeller interroga-
tion.

The Roanoke Republican
said he would reserve judg-
ment on his vote on the confir-
mation until he has heard
witnesses next week and read
Rockefeller's previous testi-
mony before the Senate Rules
Committee.

But, Butler said, “the hear-
ings are moving much faster
than the committee anticipat-
ed, and the news that the Sen-
ate Rules Committee voted 9-0
today for confirmation has tak-
en a lot of the steam out of the
fire-eating opposition.”

Butler and Rockefeller held a
dialogue on the political re-
sponsibility of men of great
wealth during Friday’s hear-
ings. . Butler, indicating that
he thinks Rockefeller’s offer to
place his holdings in a blind
trust is irrelevant, said, “your
wealth is of such magnitude
that there is no way” potential
conflicts of public and private
interest could be avoided.

“Disclosure (of financial in-
terests) is the best protection
against abuse of power,” Bu-
tler told Rockefeller,” and I
find your candor has gone a
long way toward disarming
those who are troubled by this
(issue).”

Butler also said, “I’m grate-
ful when people of great wealth
offer themselves for public of-
fice. I, for one, appreciate the
time and talent you have of-
fered to public service.”

He said, “the ownership of
property isn’t a God-given
right, but a manmade right,”
and that the beneficiaries of
greath wealth “have a respon-
sibility to use their capacities
for the greatest good.”

Butler told a reporter “there
have been precious few new
revelations in the House inter-
rogation. Therefore, nothing
that has been revealed by this
investigation (so far) will be
disqualifying (of Rockefeller)
in my judgment.” ,

THE ROANOKE TIMES. Sundoy, November 10, 1974

There 7 s a Liberal in Georgia
Who Thinks a Lot of Butler

WASHINGTON - Down in Atlanta,
Elliot Levitas, a liberal, ousted Georgia’s
only Republican congressman, Ben
Blackburn, a conservative, from the sub-
urbs.

Levitas had sounded his theme— loud-
ly— the night he swept the primary soon
after Richard Nixon’s resignation.

Three Atlanta television stations had
focused their lenses on Levitas. “You
expected, when you announced, to be run-
ning against a Republican carrying Nixon
on his back,” a TV reporter asked for
openers. “Now that Mr. Nixon has re-
signed, what difference will Watergate
make in your campaign?”

Levitas opened his eyes wide. “Why
none at all,” he said. “I’ve never men-
tioned Watergate in my campaign and I
don’t intend to start now.”

He went on: “Now I’ve noticed that
Mr. Blackburn has been a staunch defen-
der of the former president, but I don’t
hold that against him. Why, I’d have giv-
en him credit for loyalty if it weren’t for
the fact that last week, when Mr. Nixon
finally was brought to his knees, that’s
when Ben Blackburn decided to kick
him.”

Washington

Report

By Don Hill

Levitas raised his voice and his eyes
twinkled. “But in my campaign Water-
gate will have no part,” he protested.

The question, naturally, came up
again during Levitas’ campaign and his

protest remained the same. Suburban At- galloping around the halls of the national !

lantans must have liked what they heard; press club last week. “The only thing I’m

they gave him better than 56 per cent of
the vote.

A Virginia friend called Levitas
Wednesday morning to congratulate him.

The Atlantan only had one question about
the Virginia races. It wasn’t about Joel
Broyhill, whose stunning defeat dropped
the highest ranking Republican Souther-
ner from the House of Representatives.

“What happened to that gutsy Repub-
lican from Virginia, the one on the House
Judiciary Committee?” Levitas asked.

That may be a sign of the favorable
national attention Caldwell Butler of Ro-
anoke brought to himself by his articulate
stand during the impeachment proceed-
ings when he denounced Watergate and
chided Nixon.

He spoke out on abuses which, he
said, “I cannot condone . .. I cannot ex-
cuse ... and I cannot and will not stand
for.”

A new quip from North Carolina’s re-
tiring Sen. Sam Ervin to newsmen was

ment of a president have lost to educate the people of his
their seats. Do you anticipate district in advance of his im-
any of that kind of trouble? peachment stand about the
You were, after all, in the first concern he felt over the
line of voting ... and do you mounting evidence. In the end,

press

running for now,” said Sen. Ervin, “is the
kingdom of heaven.”

He added, “I have no Republican op-
position.”

Considering the purgatory to which so
many GOP politicians were consigned,
Tuesday, that crack had the timbre of
truth. But Butler survived, arid, accord-
ing to the reports, handily.

He rose from the 11th to 6th ranking
Republican on the House Judiciary Com-
mittee, but that statistic may fail to rep-
resent fully his rise in influence in the
Congress.

The House side of the capital is unlike
the Senate side, where members are in-
stantly recognized by their colleagues
and by the minions of the Senate staffs. In
the House, with 435 seats, recognition it-

to the poll tax
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expect that this could be a se-
rious threat to your continued
(career) in the House or in
politics?”

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that reporters who have
watched him for the last two
years in a Washington found

he has proven, a plurality of
them agreed with him.

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looked over news accounts last
week and concluded, “I think
the people have shown that
negativism like the Nixon
Southern strategy just isn’t

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I think— speaking, I think, for thought f’ " *

the whole community— this
vote is certainly more signifi-
cant than the political future
of any individual on the com-
mittee, and I think we all
faced it that way entirely. As a
matter of fact, you know, the
job really isn’t that good that

_ that’s how the suburbs
would go, but they didn’t.”

Which may explain why a
Democrat like Levitas, a lib-
eral, was inclined to ask about
the fate of a Republican like
Butler, a conservative— ’’that
gutsy republican from Virgin
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self is hard-won. Butler
certainly has that now.

Butler’s Watergate denun-
ciation last summer brought
him telephone calls and letters
from his district, congratula-
tions from colleagues, and an
invitation— rare for an un-
known freshman— to appear on
CBS’ “Face The Nation.”

One of CBS news correspon-
dent George Herman’s first
questions was this:

“We know from history that
in the past some of the people
who have voted for impeach-
ment of a president have lost
their seats. Do you anticipate
any of that kind of trouble?
You were, after all, in the first
line of voting ... and do you
expect that this could be a se-
rious threat to your continued
(career) in the House or in
politics?”

Butler responded in a way
that reporters who have
watched him for the last two
years in a Washington found
characteristic. He said, “Well,

I think— speaking, I think, for
the whole community— this
vote is certainly more signifi-
cant than the political future
of any individual on the com-
mittee, and 1 think we all
faced it that way entirely. As a
matter of fact, you know, the
job real ly isn’t that good that

you want to compromise your-
self to what you think is right

The people who originally
sent Butler, 49, a politician
since 1958, to Congress knew at
the time he wasn’t going to be
your standard Republican pol.

In the Virginia House of Del-
egates, where he was the tiny
Republican minority’s leader,
he was noted, and feared, for
his keen-honed wit. He sup-
ported an end to the poll tax
and fought for open committee
sessions.

As he noted in the “Face The
Nation” interview, he labored
to educate the people of his
district in advance of his im-
peachment stand about the
concern he felt over the
mounting evidence. In the end,
he has proven, a plurality of
them agreed with him.

Elliot Levitas, in Atlanta,
looked over news accounts last
week and concluded, “I think
the people have shown that
negativism like the Nixon
Southern strategy just isn’t
going to work. A lot of people
thought that’s how the suburbs
would go, but they didn’t.”

Which may explain why a
Democrat like Levitas, a lib-
eral, was inclined to ask about
the fate of a Republican like
Butler, a conservative— ’’that
gutsy republican from Virgin

Staunton, Va. .^Leader, Tuesday, Nov.

i .11 A, — •*-

FHA okays
Expo loan

The office of 6th District U.S. Rep. M.
Caldwell Butler announced today that
the Farmers Home Administration has
formally approved a $400,000 loan
under the rural development program
to the Augusta Agriculture and
Industrial Exposition in Augusta
County.

The funds will be used to help finance
development of a community center
and fairgrounds on the 220-acre tract
Rep. Butler said. He called approval of
the loan “a great opportunity for
Augusta County”. Augusta Expo
provides a common meeting place for
commerce, business, agriculture, and
industry, and gives the county first
class facilities for educational culture
and recreational events.”

A twenty-two thousand square foot
hall capable of seating over 4,000 people
has already been built at the Augusta
Expo site.

MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE,

) -

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1974

NO. 2

Founders’ Ceremony
To Honor Tradition

Once again this year members of
the MBC academic community will
wind their way down “the Hill” in a
rite of autumn and a salute t6
academic tradition. Founder’s Day
ceremonies will mark the
establishment of Mary Baldwin
Saturday October 19 while
honoring individual academic
achievement and members of the
Senior class.

The celebration will feature an
address by Sixth District
Congressman M. Caldwell Butler,
who is currently campaigning for
his re-election to the House of
Representatives next month.

Mr. Butler is a member of the
House Administration and
Judiciary committees and is
currently concerned over passage
of campaign reform and bicen-
tennial legislation.

In committee, he successfuly
authored an amendment to reduce
individual campaign contributions
to $1000. Mr. Butler also offered an
amendment calling for restrictions
on the amount a wealthy con-
tributor could provide a campaign
by guaranteeing bank loans taken
out by the candidate or his cam-
paign committee.

In addition, he was the minority
floor manager for legislation that
created the American Revolution
Bicentennial Administration and
has since been appointed to its
board of directors. According to
Ms. Gayle Goodson, Mr. Butler’s
press representative, “he is very
enthusiastic about the opportunity
for individual Bicentennial par-
ticipation, and feels that this
should not be an historical
celebration only, but an op-
portunity to re-examine the

principles on which our nation was
founded and how we can apply
them to the future.”

The Founder’s Day Convocation
begins at 11:00 a.m. on Page
Terrace, or in the event of rain, in
King Auditorium. The annual
commemoration traditionally falls
on the Saturday closest to the
birthday of Mary Julia Baldwin.

M. Caldwell Butler

Senior Investiture and Freshman
Parents’ Day have also been
scheduled for this date to allow as
many parents as possible to be
present for the program.

The agenda also includes the
acknowledgement of Honor
Scholars for the class of 1978 and
student academic achievements of
the past year.

THE DAILY ADVANCE, Lynchburg, Vo., Fri., Nov. 22, 1974

Rockefeller apears certain of winning
House Judiciary Committee vote ;

WASHINGTON (AP) - The
vice presidential nomination of
Nelson A. Rockefeller appears
certain to win a solid recom-
mendation from the House Ju-
diciary Committee, despite
some concern about his vast
wealth.

Rep. Jerome R. Waldie,
DCalif., said at House Judi-
ciary Committee hearings
Thursday he sees a pattern in
Rockefeller’s loans, gifts and
political and charitable con-
tributions to use money to
“enhance your political
power.”

Waldie sparked the only
show of anger from Rock-
efeller when he suggested the
committee investigate whether
Chase Manhattan Bank headed
by Nelson’s brother, Laurance
Rockefeller, made loans to
New York assemblymen when
Nelson was governor.

‘‘I resent that question,”
Rockefeller said. ‘‘We don’t op-
erate that way. The bank is not
used on a political basis.”

Waldie, joined by several
other members, said the Rock-
efeller family’s wealth and $20
million in political campaign

contributions over the years
required the committee to in-
vestigate the entire family’s
holdings and not only Nelson’s.

Other members said they
were concerned whether it
would be possible to avoid con-
flicts of interest by wedding
Rockefeller’s immense wealth
with his power if he became
president.

Rockefeller told the panel
he would treat as blind trusts
those trusts with assets of
some $131 million if he is con-
firmed. Rockefeller and mem-
bers of his family are benefi-
ciaries of the trusts. The
trustees under a blind trust act
without telling the trust bene-
ficiary what they’re doing.

‘‘These steps should avoid
any possibility of a conflict of
interest on my part — or the
appearance thereof,” Rock-
efeller said.

Rep. Charles E. Wiggins,
RCalif., suggested Rockefeller
go even further iud put his
wife’s separate wealth in a
blind trust.

Rockefeller promised tu ta'k
to her about it. He later re-
ported back to the comm 1 '** 00
that she did not seem to like
the idea, although he indicated
that no final decision had been
made.

Although the questioning
was sometimes tough, little of
it was hostile. It appeared at
the end of the session that pos-
sibly only half a dozen of the 38
committee members might
vote against Rockefeller’s nom-
ination.

The opposition generally
came from some of the eight
members who voted against
President Ford’s confirmation
as vice president last year.

Ford later was overwhelmingly
confirmed by the full House.

Waldie was among at least
four members who said the
committee should investigate
the entire Rockefeller family’s
wealth, even if that would de-
lay Rockefeller’s confirmation
until next year.

Rockefeller said investiga-
tion of the family wealth is
legitimate but said he wanted
to answer all the questions and
asked the committee not to call
members of the family.

He told newsmen during a
break: ‘‘It’s not fair to them
(members of the family.) It’s
an unnecessary invasion of

privacy. Anything they (the
committee) want to know, I
want to be there to tell them.”

Chairman Peter W. Rodino
Jr., D-N.J., said he does not
want to call any other mem-
bers of the Rockefeller family
unless some specific question
on Nelson’s confirmation
makes that necessary.

The former New York gov-
ernor told the committee, and
later newsmen, that he was
surprised by concern over pos-
sible conflicts of interest and
that it is still “not clear in my
own mind” what is meant by
conflict of interest.

- One of his friends on the

I committee, Rep. M. Caldwell
Butler, R-Va., said, “Obviously
the potential for conflict ex-
ists.”

But Butler said the question

is whether Rockefeller has the
integrity to avoid becoming in-
volved in conflicts. Butler said
he is convinced Rockefeller has
the necessary integrity. , ^

Butler to speak
at Chamber meet

Sixth District Rep. M.
Caldwell Butler, who was re-
elected to another term on
Nov. 5, will address the Greater
Lynchburg Chamber of Com-
merce “Capitol Comments”
breakfast meeting Monday,
Dec. 9.

James V. Shircliff, chairman
of the GLCC Congressional Ac-
tion Task Force which is ^
spearheading the meeting, said *
it will be held at the Holiday
Inn South beginning at7:30 at
7:45 a.m.

Shircliff said in a letter to
GLCC members that Butler
“has an outstanding voting re-
cord in support of business”
and “will share with us his
thinking on current Con-
gressional topics.”

Following Butler’s talk
there will be a question and
answer period to give GLCC
members an opportunity to
seek any additional informa-
tion they would like to get
from the speaker.

Shircliff said the meeting
will get under way promptly at
7:45 a.m. and will be over by 9
a.m.

Purpose of the Con-
gressional Action Task Force is
to keep GLCC members
abreast of pending federal leg-
islation and recommend posi-
tions on this legislation to the
organization’s board of direc-
tors.

M. Caldwell Butler

Breakfast speaker

The task force also en-
courages GLCC members to
communicate their interest to
elected congressional repre-
sentatives and feels the
“Capitol Comments” meetings
are a good way to bring GLCC
members and their con-
gressmen together and estab-
lish a solid means of com-
munication.

Butler is a member of the
House Judiciary Committee.

THE NEWS, Lynchburg, Va., Sat., Nov. 30, 1974 B-l

Butler Active In Privacy Debate

Sixth District Rep. M.
Caldwell Butler took an active
part in a debate on the Privacy
Act of 1974 recently, successful-
ly offering two amendments
and leading the fight in oppos-
ing two other amendments
dealing with the government’s
liability for damage resulting
from mishandling of govern-
ment records.

The bill passed the House of
Representatives Nov. 21.

“The Privacy Act is de-
signed to safeguard individual
privacy from misuse of federal
records,’’ Butler said.

“It prohibits federal main-
tenance of secret personal re-
cord systems, provides that in-
dividuals may be granted ac-

cess to most federal records
concerning them and places re-
strictions on the transfer of
records from one federal agen-
cy to another,’’ Butler reports.

“The purpose of my amend-
ments,” he explained, “is to
prevent the provisions of the
privacy act from interfering
with legitimate judicial and
law enforcement functions.”

The first Butler amendment
modifies the legislation to
grant a court access to
federally-held records through
a valid court subpoena. The
second amendment prohibits
individuals from gaining ac-
cess to information being com-
piled by government in-

vestigators for use in a civil
court suit.

Both amendments were
adopted by voice vote.

Records dealing with crimi-
nal investigations were not in-
cluded under this legislation,
Butler said. The Judiciary
Committee on which Butler is
a member is considering sepa-
rate legislation dealing with
use of arrest records and other
criminal records.

“Another controversy which
arose during the consideration
of the bill was the degree to
which the federal government
would be held liable by the
courts for mishandling govern-
ment records,” he added.

“It is my view that the fed-

eral government should be
held responsible for reimburs-
ing an individual for actual
loss of income or property re-
sulting from such mishandl-
ing, but should not be subject
to punitive damages, as some
of my colleagues proposed,”
said the congressman.

Butler vigorously opposed
an amendment offered by Rep.
Dante B. Fascell, Florida Dem-
ocrat, which would hold the
federal government liable for
punitive damages for “willful,
arbitrary or capricious” mis-
handling of government re-
cords, and liable for actual |
damages in cases of uninten-
tional mishandling.

See BUTLER, B-6

Butler Named To Task Force

Sixth District Rep. M.
Caldwell Butler has been ap-
pointed a member of the
House Republican Task Force
on Congressional Reform.

The task force was estab-
lished recently by the House
Republican Research Commit-
tee.

It will examine a wide range
of reform areas, including
proxy voting, the seniority sys-
tem, open committee meetings,
full public financial disclosure
by lobbyists and personal fi-
nancial disclosure by can-
didates and public officials,

THE NEWS, Lynchburg, Va^^umJDe^

closed circuit television for the
House floor and jurisdictional
reform of the committee Sys-
tem. ^

Butler, who served on the
House Republican Task Force
on Campaign Reform and is a
member of the House Judi-
ciary Committee, said Satur-
day he is pleased the Re-
publicans are taking the in-
itiative in keeping Con-
gressional reform alive.

“During 40 years of Demo-
cratic control, Congress has be-
come entrenched in antiquated
procedures which prevent us

from making timely responses
to pressing national prob-
lems,” Butler said. Conse-
quently the American people
have lost their confidence in
the Congress.

“Although the minority can-

not bring changes alone, I je-'
lieve that we have an obliga,
tion to at least present ideal
for improvements. This will be
the task force’s responsibility

^Butler Named
To Task Force
On Reform

Sixth District Represental
tive M. Caldwell Butler has*
been appointed a member oft)
the House Republican TaskjJ*
Force on Congressional Re*N
form. The Task Force was re-
cently established by the House
Republican Research Commit- h
tee. K

The Task Force will examine
a wide range of reform areas, ^
inculding proxy voting, the'®
seniority system, open commit-^}
tee meetings, full public finan-^
cial disclosure by lobbyists, per-
sonal financial disclosure by^
candidates and public officials, Of
closed circuit television for the*^
House floor and jurisdictionaL
reform of the committee^
system. ^

Representative Bill Frenzel
(R-Minn), Chairman of the Task
Force, cited the recent defeat of
the bipartisan Boiling-Martin
congressional reform proposals
as an example of the need for
the Task Force. “Two out of
three House Democrats voted
against reform and in favor of
the obsolete committee struc-
ture, while Republicans over-
whelmingly supported the pro-
posals,” Frenzel said.

“I am pleased that the Re-
publicans are taking the initia-
tive in keeping Congressional
reform alive,” Butler said of his
appointment to the T a sk
Force, “and I am particularly
pleased to have the opportunity
to participate in this initiative.”
“During 40 years of Demo-
cratic control, Congress has
become entrenched in antiquat-
ed procedures which prevent us
from making timely responses
to pressing national problems.
Consequently, the American
people have lost their confi-
dence in the Congress,” he
observed.

“Although the minority can-
not bring changes alone, I
believe that we have an obli-
gation to at least present ideas
for imoraveinents. This will be
the Task Force’s responsibili-
ty.”

* The Bedford Bulletin-De mocrat, December 5, 1074

Butler Named on Reform lask Force

' Representative M. Caldwell
Butler of the Sixth Virginia
District, which includes
Bedford, has been appointed a
member of the House
Republican Task Force on
Congressional Reform. The
Task Force was recently
established by the House
Republican Research Com-
mittee.

The task force will examine
a Wide range of reform areas,
including proxy voting, the
seniority system, open
committee meetings, full
public financial disclosure by
lobbyists, personal financial
disclosure by candidates and
public officials, closed circuit
television for the House floor
and jurisdictional reform of
the committee system.

“I am pleased that the
Republicans are taking the
initiative in keeping
Congressional reform alive,”

Mr. Butler said of his ap-
pointment to the task force,
‘‘and I am particularly
pleased to have the op-
portunity to participate in this
initiative.

“During forty years of
Democratic control, Congress
has become entrenched in
antiquated procedures which
prevent us from making
timely responses to pressing
national problems. Con-
sequently, the American
people have lost their con-
fidence in the Congress.”

Gazetrg, Lexington, Virginia December
Law Students
To Hear Butler

Sixth District Rep. M.
Caldwell Butler will ad-
dress students at
Washington and Lee

University School at Law
Monday at 4 p.m. in the
East Room of Tucker Hall.

Butler will recount his
experiences on the House
Judiciary Committee
during the impeachment
inquiry last summer, with
special emphasis on the
inner workings of that
committee.

Butler’s visit is under
the auspices of the Tucker
Law Forum, which brings
to the law school persons
who speak on con-
temporary topics in the
field of law. The address is
open to the public.

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Sixth District Representative W [ Co-
well Butler took an activepartin
debate on the Privacy Act of 1974 last
w»ek, successfully offering two amend-
ments, and leading the fight m °PP 0S ^
two other amendments dealing with the
government's liability for damage re-
sulting from mishandling of government
records.The bill passed the House of
Representatives on November 21.

< i The Privacy Act is designed to
safeguard individual privacy from mis-
use g of federal records,” Butler said.
“It prohibits federal maintenance of
secret personal record systems, pro-
vides that individuals may be ? ra ^® d
access to most federal records con-
cerning them, and places restrictions
on the transfer of recor^ from one
federal agency to another.”

The first Butler amendment modifies
the legislation to grant a court access
to federally -held records through a valid
court subpoena. The second amendment
prohibits individuals from gaini^ccess
to information being compiled by govern-
ment investigators for use in a civil
court suit. Both were adopted by voice

V °Records dealing with criminal investi-
gations were not included under this
legislation Butler said. The Judiciary
Committee of which Butler is a member
is considering separate legislation deal-
ing w ith use of arrest records and other

criminal records. ,

Butler opposed an amendment offered
bv Representative Dante B. Fascell (D-
Fla) which would hold the federal govern-
ment liable for punitive damages for

“willful, arbitrary or capricious” mis-
handling of government records, and
liable for actual damages in cases of
unintentional mishandling. Punitive dam -
unintentional mishandling. Punitive
damages involve assessment of a fine
as a punishment, while actual damages
reimburse an individual for losses due
to improper action.

E DAILY ADVANCE

LYNCHBURG, VA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1974 15

Rep. Butler notes

filing deadline

Sixth District Rep. M.
Caldwell Butler said today that
Dec. 13 is the filing deadline
for early testing for 1975 sum-
mer jobs with federal agencies.

Those who submit a test ap-
plication by that date will be
tested in January, Butler said.
Another test will be offered in
February for those who apply
by Jan. 17.

The congressman said no
test applications postmarked
after Jan. 17 will be accepted
by the Civil Service Com-
mission. He explained that in
order to obtain a summer job
with a federal agency, an indi-
vidual must first take a Civil
Service examination.

Butler said it is important to
take the summer employment
test early because of the lim-
ited number of such jobs avail-
able. He said some 10,000 per-
sons are employed each sum-
mer from a pool of more than
100,000 candidates who qualify
in the test.

Butler said complete in-
structions for filing and in-
formation on opportunities are
contained in the Civil Service
Commission’s announcement
No. 414, Summer Jobs in Feder-
al Agencies, which may be ob-
tained from the Norfolk Area
Office, U. S. Civil Service Com-
mission, 415 Saint Paul Blvd.,
Norfolk, Va. 23510. That office
also has a toll-free number, 1-
(800)582-8171 for information,
he stated.

There are a limited number

of applications available in his
district offices, Butler said,
and most college placement of-
fices have application forms.

He said those who qualified
for summer employment in
1974 must update their applica-
tions by Feb. 28 but are not
required to retake the written
test.

Butler said the U. S. Postal
Service does not participate in
the 1975 summer employment
examination and inquiries re-
garding postal service summer
employment should be
directed to the post office
where employment is desired.

THE NEWS, Lynchburg, Va., Sun., Dec. 8, 1974

C-3

Groundbreaking Scheduled
For Development Project

Sixth District Rep. M. thrpp vparc * ...jh

Sixth District Rep. M
Caldwell Butler will be the fea-
tured guest of the Lynchburg
Redevelopment and Housing
Authority Monday in order to
participate in a groundbreak-
ing ceremony for the
authority’s new Birchwood
Apartment Development lo-
cated off Langhorne Road.

Other expected guests will
include Del. Joan S. Jones of
Lynchburg, Mayor Leighton B.
Dodd, members of City Council
as well as the Board of Com-
missioners of the authority.

The apartments will be built
by Creative and Development
Corp. of Roanoke under the
direct supervision of the Bush
Organization of Norfolk, the
developers for the project.

In planning for more than

three years, the project will
include 100 townhouse apart-
ments consisting of one to five
bedroom units.

In order to minimize the im-
pact of the project on the
ecology of the area, the units
have been divided into five

buildings consisting of 20 liv-
ing units each.

The authority feels that the
exterior design and finishes of
the buildings will be harmo-
nious with the surrounding
wooded area near Blackwater
Creek.

This $2.5 million housing de-
velopment is the first public
housing to be constructed in

Lynchburg in more than 16
years.

These units are to serve

those low income citizens of
Lynchburg who could not oth-
erwise afford decent housing.

Each apartment will feature
separate intrances, modern ap-
pliances, as well as provisions

for laundry facilities. Rents
will be based on family in-
come.

Butler Urges
Toughness
On Economy

By JOANNE POINDEXTER
Times Staff Writer
President Gerald Ford should
come out with a stronger, more
affirmative program on the
economy, U.S. Rep. M. Cald-
well Butler said in Roanoke
Sunday night.

Butler, speaking to members
of the Blue Ridge Chapter of
Sigma Delta Chi, a professional
journalism fraternity, said big
business isn’t as interested in
the general public as it should
be and their reactions may
cause Congress to push for
economic controls.

Illustrating what he meant,
Butler said, if he were on the
board of General Motors, he
' wouldn’t have raised the prices
for new cars.

Not all big business, the 6th
District Congressman said, is
responding responsibly to the
economic situation.

Butler said he would favor
imposing import quotas until
the U.S. could strengthen its
own resources.

Also, Butler, told the journal-
ists during an informal ques-
tion-and-answer period, this
country needs tighter presiden-
tial restrictions on the use of
energy

Apparently, Butler said, vol-
unteerism hasn’t resolved
problems as it should..

One of his suggestions was
that President Ford spend
more time with the leadership
of Congress, but he injected the
relationship between Congress
and the White House “is bet-
ter,” the input is “pretty
good,” and the access is “not
bad”-

“I believe the relationship
between the White House and
Congress is better than what
some of the national press
would have you believe,” Bu-
tler told the journalists.

Following questions about his
experiences on the Judiciary
Committee, Butler said he is in
favor of broadcasting House
and Senate proceedings to help
the American public to better
understand the work of Con-
gress.

In a prepared statement for
the meeting, which he didn’t
deliver, Butler said broadcast-
ing the proceedings would be a
challange for broadcast media
to “take the often confusing
and lengthy legislative proce-
dures of House and Senate ac-
tion, and present them to the
public in a manner which will
be easily understood, fair and
complete.

In a brief introductory to the
group, Butler said those pre-
sent and their coworkers have
always given him the “fairest
treatment,” but all public fig- i
ures are “at the mercy of the <
press and media.”

Referring to a comment he i

had made elsewhere about the f

media being “the last surviving g

two-legged animal,” Butler fc

said it can “make or break any- p

one in public office.” s

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Ww , 2 - 9 - 7 *

Butler says Ford
treads too lightly

Rep. M. Caldwell Butler last
night called for stronger econ-
omic measures by President
Ford.

Volunteerism hasn’t proved
successful in helping solve
economic problems, the 6th
District congressman told the
Blue Ridge chapter of Sigma
Delta Chi, a journalism fratern-
ity.

He suggested that the con-
gressional leadership and Ford
should spend more time to-
gether, but said he believed the
relationship relationship be-

tween Congress and Ford is
fairly good— ’’better than what
most of the national press
would have you believe.”

Butler said in a question and
answer period that he favors
broadcasting House and Senate
proceedings to help people un-
derstand how Congress works.

It said it would be a challenge
for broadcasters to take the
often confusing and lengthy
legislative procedures of the
House and Senate and present
them in a fair and complete
manner that the public could
understand.

THE DAILY ADVANCE

£ ^

Firmer program

from President

seen by Butler

By DOROTHY S. BROOKS

Sixth District Rep. M. Caldwell Butler predicted
here today that President Ford will get “tougher and
firmer” and present a much stronger program to the
94th Congress and that Congress will act to prevent
the collapse of the housing industry.

Butler addressed a Greater Lynchburg Chamber
of Commerce “Capitol Comments” breakfast meet-
ing at the Holiday Inn South and then took part in
groundbreaking ceremonies for the $2.5 million
Birchwood apartment public housing development
off Langhorne Road.

.. . , . . . „ Leighton B. Dodd and Jack F.

He told a large crowd atten- « d chairman of the

ding the groundbreaking event £ hburg Redevelopment
.t is the responsibility of the ^ jn e Authority .
government to do what it can authority’s federally

o prevent the collapse of an housing project will in-

industry as fundamental to * “ de 1()0 t “^ h J use apart-

hou”h^ industry. 6 -nts and is the first public

“If the proposals now under
consideration fail in their
purpose, then we must con-
tinue to seek other means of
protecting this vital industry,”

Butler said.

Also speaking briefly at the
groundbreaking were Mayor

housing development to be
built in Lynchburg in more
than 16 years.

Butler, who turned the first
shovel of dirt, said that, under
substantial congressional pres-
sure, the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development

(HUD) has announced it is ex-
tending the availability of fed-
eral funds, and reducing its
charges to bring the effective
interest rate to approximately
8.9 per cent.

He said this is still not in
keeping with Congressional in-
tent but should help the avail-
ability of these funds to the
housing industry. Earlier com-
plaints as to lack of available
funds to purchase existing
housing also produced mod-
ifications in the HUD regu-
lations, Butler said.

The congressman called
these “inadequate” but “pro-
gress.” He said Congress this
week should enact legislation
exempting from federal taxar
tion the first $500 of interest
earned on a savings account
and commented that “hopeful-
ly, this will attract funds into
financial institutions which
are the primary source of
funds for residential construc-
tion and mortgage loans.”

Butler said this will cost the

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today's groundbreaking ceremonies for the $2.5 million Birchwood apartmem
public housing project off Langhorne Road are, left to right; Jack F. Almond,
chairman of the Lynchburg Recevelopment and Housing Authority; Sixth Districl
Rep. M. Caldwell Butler, featured speaker, and Mayor Leighton B. Dodd,

(Fred Knight Photo]

46 The World-News, Roanoke, Va., Wednesday, November 6, 1974

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